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
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.
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Grocery Simulator
Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.
Experience the thrill of managing your own grocery store, from stocking shelves to handling customers, and transforming a small shop into a thriving supermarket. Control prices, Order goods, Hire Staff, Fight with Thieves and much more.
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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.
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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.
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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 96,000 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.
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Space Haven
Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The EverFloating Island.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The EverFloating Island.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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One More Island
Single-player alternative to The EverFloating Island — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The EverFloating Island.
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!