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Single-player games like Awakeroots

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Awakeroots, 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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    Planeturem — Steam game cover

    Planeturem

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Awakeroots.

    Explore a procedurally generated planet filled with resources to harvest - or discover structures containing potentially rare items. Build your base to protect yourself and fight off evil, collecting materials to build new gear. Build a rocket and explore new planets!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mindswarm Elements TD — Steam game cover

    Mindswarm Elements TD

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Awakeroots.

    The tower defense that thinks back: the swarm analyzes your defense, develops resistances and sends saboteurs. Counter with 6 elements, powerful combo towers and support totems — solo, in co-op up to 4 players or in versus duels up to 4.

    StrategyIndieEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ExoTrain — Steam game cover

    ExoTrain

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Early Access with Awakeroots.

    Build your base on the train. Explore the exoplanet, face dangerous wildlife, and discover what happened to the human colony on this planet. Upgrade your train and combine gear to survive in a hostile environment. Play solo or team up with friends in co-op!

    2026ActionRPGEarly Access12.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brightfall — Steam game cover

    Brightfall

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Awakeroots.

    Brightfall is an isometric open-world survival-craft for 1-4 players where light is your last defence against a living darkness. Explore a cursed Celtic island, craft powerful weapons, build a safe haven, and fight to keep your flame alive - because when it dies, your sanity follows.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enshrouded — Steam game cover

    Enshrouded

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Awakeroots.

    You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure23.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Breakwaters: Crystal Tides — Steam game cover

    Breakwaters: Crystal Tides

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Awakeroots.

    Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Awakeroots.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shamania — Steam game cover

    Shamania

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    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!

    2026ActionAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FolkOrigin — Steam game cover

    FolkOrigin

    Single-player alternative to Awakeroots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Awakeroots.

    Start taking control of the map and build buildings, recruit units, fight monsters and conquer enemy villages. It's a 2D game in which you move on a hexagonal map. A strategy game combined with an RPG game. All in the times of the early Slavs. More information soon...

    2025StrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →