Single-player games like Layer Land
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Layer Land, 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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Shamania
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Layer Land.
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!
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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layer Land.
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.
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Ars Notoria
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Layer Land.
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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Palworld
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layer Land.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Layer Land.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Prospector
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Layer Land.
Land on a distant planet in this chill resource management game. Harvest alien resources, build and automate machinery, uncover secrets across the stars and strike shipping deals with distant colonies for exclusive rewards!
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Blossom: The Seed of Life
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layer Land.
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Layer Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Layer Land.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.