Single-player games like The Forest of Black Eden
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Forest of Black Eden, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest of Black Eden.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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The Legacy
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest of Black Eden.
Cooperative survival and horror genre. You and your family have returned to your native land, on which a terrible curse and darkness has fallen. Will you be able to survive in a harsh and dangerous environment and stop the evil? It depends only on you, on your skills and ability to help each other.
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Ars Notoria
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Forest of Black Eden.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
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MISERY
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest of Black Eden.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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Sons Of The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest of Black Eden.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest of Black Eden.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Island Beekeeper
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest of Black Eden.
Build your apiary on islands above the clouds, travel on your medocycle, crossbreed bees with unique traits and create a cozy home in the sky. Grow plants, explore islands and send healing honey down to Earth, where people still hope for your help.
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Nested Lands
Single-player alternative to The Forest of Black Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Forest of Black Eden.
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.