Single-player games like Life is a Journey
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Life is a Journey, 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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Windpunk
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
A cozy survival craft adventure. Build a walking fortress to survive the winds of a fallen world. ♻️ Recycle ⛏️ Refine, 🔧 Rebuild, and ⛺ survive the shifting biomes. Ride the wind, heal the land, and recruit quirky survivors to help rebuild the future. (Previosly known as Wasteland Waste Disposal)
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Silkgrove
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
Become a Restorer in Silkgrove. Use your toolkit to scavenge resources, repair, build, craft, and help rebuild communities in this solarpunk world. Upgrade & manage your mobile home, drive across regions, and restore balance to this post-apocalyptic world.
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Akiiwan: Relaxing Survival
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Life is a Journey.
Fall into a chill survival adventure, with a talking campfire as your guide. Explore, craft, fish and hunt during the day, and ask your fire three questions each night. Choose wisely: Winter isn't the only surprise in this beautiful, hand-drawn world. Playable in cosy or realistic mode.
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Primal Survival
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
A realistic prehistoric survival game where you play as Homo habilis or Homo erectus. Craft primitive tools, build shelter, hunt massive beasts, and survive the harsh forces of nature in a vast multiplayer world.
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Solarpunk™
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
Solarpunk is a survival game in a technically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets and hop on your airship to explore distant islands in the sky.
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Seaward
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
Seaward is a cozy exploration game where you build a ship to discover a flooded world. Find resources and power your ship with renewable energies. Meet unique characters and help them out to build a wholesome community. Make the journey your own by taking photos and filling up your journal.
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Outbound
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
Explore a colorful world and build your own cozy home on wheels. Craft workstations, and source energy from the sun, wind, or water. Upgrade and customize your vehicle, grow crops, and live sustainably off-grid with up to 4 players.
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Winter Burrow
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.
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Farmer's Life
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life is a Journey.
🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life," where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.
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House Builder
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!
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Aquarist
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life is a Journey.
A relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you perform various, even strange, aquarium-related tasks on very diverse levels. As an Aquarist you must create and manage a home to amazing fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬. Aquarium is their world and life. Make it worth...
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Pool Cleaning Simulator
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
"Pool Cleaning Simulator is a PowerWash Simulator-esque cleaning game where you use a variety of tools to make filthy pools sparkling clean." The game recreates the entire process of cleaning, scrubbing, & maintaining various pools, from luxurious backyard havens to community swimming complexes.
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Snow Plowing Simulator
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life is a Journey.
Experience the serene joy of snow plowing in this relaxing simulation game! Drive powerful plows, clear roads, and keep your town safe. Uncover a surprising story, face survival challenges, and tackle advanced weather systems. Embrace winter's chill and become the ultimate snow-clearing hero!
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Junkyard Builder
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life is a Journey.
In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!
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Forest Ranger Simulator
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
Take care of forgotten nature's treasure. Build, craft, feed, clean and manage your forest in Forest Ranger Simulator. Ensure its long-lasting beauty and become a flawless Forest Ranger!
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Farmer's Father: Save the Innocence
Single-player alternative to Life is a Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is a Journey.
War breeds heroes you've never heard of. You are the ordinary person holding a huge burden of protecting what's most precious and innocent. Fight with hunger, wounds, cold, disease, and enemy cruelty. Defend your family and survive the war!