Single-player games like Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World, 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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Emberhaven
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
Survive in a procedurally generated fantasy world overrun by creeping corruption. Build impenetrable strongholds, tend your farms, forge deadly weapons, and fend off hordes of mutated abominations to defend your last sanctuary.
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Mayday: The Survival Island
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
After a mysterious crash, you awaken alone on a strange island. Survive by hunting, farming, and crafting, then explore a vast archipelago filled with secrets, ancient ruins, and magical totems. Build your base, uncover the truth, and escape—if you can.
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Wanderlost
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
Survive then thrive in a zombie-infested world. Gather materials, craft diverse weapons and tools, build and fortify a shelter, explore a massive world filled with the secrets of a dead civilization and whatever you do: stay clear of the…
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Windforge
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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Ars Notoria
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
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Crashlands
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
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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Shamania
Single-player alternative to Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Underdrift: The Chinese Nether World.
Shamania is an open world survival game where you can CRAFT, FIGHT, and EXPLORE a vibrant sandbox world with friends in CO-OP. Expand your base as a hub for survival, gather resources, and master professions to unlock new tools and opportunities!