Single-player games like Forsaken Valley
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Forsaken Valley, 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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Nimbit Frontier
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forsaken Valley.
A cozy creature-collecting life sim with deep creature care, roguelite action, and a focus on nurturing, discovery, and atmosphere. Raise adorable Nimbits, build cozy custom habitats, and explore the shifting Underwild to uncover rare species and support their conservation.
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Monsters are Coming!
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Forsaken Valley.
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
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Nested Lands
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forsaken Valley.
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.
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Dinotica
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Forsaken Valley.
Welcome to Dinotica! Stomp into a mysterious and dangerous world filled with action, adventure, and companionship! Together, you'll fight, build, farm, and more as you work toward creating a unique home that is truly your own.
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Forsaken Valley.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Ooblets
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Forsaken Valley.
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Forsaken Valley.
A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!
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Grim Dawn
Single-player alternative to Forsaken Valley — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Forsaken Valley.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.