Single-player games like Drill Space
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Drill Space, 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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TerraTech Worlds
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drill Space.
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drill Space.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
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Eden Island
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drill Space.
Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.
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The Infected
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drill Space.
The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.
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Crashlands
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drill Space.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Drill Space.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Drill Space.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Conan Exiles
Single-player alternative to Drill Space — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Drill Space.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.