Single-player games like Eden Rising
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Eden Rising, 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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Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Eden Rising.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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How to Survive 2
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Eden Rising.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Eden Rising.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eden Rising.
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eden Rising.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eden Rising.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eden Rising.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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The Riftbreaker
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Eden Rising.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Eden Rising.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
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Sanctum
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Eden Rising.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
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Sanctum 2
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Eden Rising.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eden Rising.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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MONSTER HUNTER RISE
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Eden Rising.
Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.
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Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
Single-player alternative to Eden Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Eden Rising.
The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.