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Single-player games like The EverFloating Island

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The EverFloating Island, 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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    Mission: Rift seeker — Steam game cover

    Mission: Rift seeker

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    Mission: Rift seeker is a colony simulation game about building and managing your base on an unknown planet and exploring the surrounding void rifts that are full of horrific and mysterious entities that you are tasked to capture before they to eat the brave and fluffy seekers that you command.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Search of Galaxy — Steam game cover

    Search of Galaxy

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    After the supernova explosion, the Thermian race was destroyed. All knowledge, technologies and data about the past were lost. You must to restore civilization and explore the territories of your home system in search of lost technologies and artifacts.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    D.R.I.F.T. — Steam game cover

    D.R.I.F.T.

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    A slow, system-driven space sim about contracts, reputation, and survival through careful decision-making, not combat or heroics.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Station Nexus — Steam game cover

    Station Nexus

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    A survey vessel bound for a destination 84,000 km away. While investigating a destroyed spacecraft, you encounter an unexplained spatial anomaly. Manage power and resources to continue your journey, and uncover the truth behind a phenomenon that is slowly consuming reality itself.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hold The Roost — Steam game cover

    Hold The Roost

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    Build by day. Defend by night. Command a flock of chickens in a tactical tower-defense survival game where every bird has a job. Gather resources, hatch and recruit stronger chickens, customize weapons and targeting, and outsmart predators with tricks of their own.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orbital Checkpoint — Steam game cover

    Orbital Checkpoint

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    Orbital Checkpoint is a sci-fi border control simulator. Check alien documents, scan suspicious luggage, detect contraband, and manage your tight budget on station GSA-42. Regulations change daily, but bills for oxygen and coffee always arrive on time. Will you risk letting the Acid Lemons pass?

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starport Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Starport Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    Starport Tycoon is a trade and management simulation set it space. Obtain landing rights, transport goods, plan profitable routes, develop spaceports and your fleet. Hold your ground against competitors and pirates.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Avian Colony — Steam game cover

    Avian Colony

    Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.

    Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →