Single-player games like Don't Let It Starve
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Don't Let It Starve, 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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Lucky Break
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Don't Let It Starve.
In this roguelike deckbuilder you’re an addict. Deep in debt to the mob, a little drunk, and out of time. Just one more spin, and then you'll quit.
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Turnout
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Don't Let It Starve.
A 1v1 strategy horror game where a train rapidly approaches your location. Guess the numbers, rely on your luck, or strategize to not end up as roadkill, remove the <entities> before they remove you from the game.
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INFERIUS
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Don't Let It Starve.
Descend through nine dominions of Hell in a first-person horror roguelike deckbuilder. Wield Major Arcana tarot cards, upgrade your deck between deaths, use your lantern to survive the dark, and defeat each ruler before your sanity breaks.
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Die Severed
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Don't Let It Starve.
Die Severed is a gambling roguelike where each lost round costs you one finger. Stack your dice bag with weighted dice, collect run defining abilities, and push your luck to pay your debt and walk out in one piece. More or less.
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Betrot
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Don't Let It Starve.
A dark roguelike where you bet everything on a cursed roulette. Drink, smoke, break the rules, build insane synergies, meet brutal quotas — and survive the spin. Did I mention you smoke?
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Spin Sacrifice Survive
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Don't Let It Starve.
Break the system. Test your luck. Spot the lies. Experience the thrill of gambling for your survival. Optimize your strategy to pay an crushing debt, grow your power, and survive ten nights of paranoia.
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Gamble: Hard Exit
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Don't Let It Starve.
A roguelike slot machine nightmare. The cursed machine has your family's lives in its grip: pay your debt every round, or they die. Bend the odds with cigarettes, line up 8 symbols, and force your way out of this hell. Losing is not an option.
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Dicempo
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Don't Let It Starve.
Dicempo is a dice rogue-lite where you roll for combos, stack stupidly strong upgrades, answer phone calls, buy Pushcards, and try to beat the next deadline before everything gets out of hand.
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Void Whispers
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Assume the role of a broadcast engineer in a tranquil city. All seems peaceful until the sky above starts to reveal something deeply unsettling.
- 10
Benny Bash
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Survive this horror/puzzle adventure. Uncover the secrets of a cursed video game from the '80s while a malevolent entity hunts you. Solve escape room-style puzzles, navigate eerie labyrinths, and see how your actions in the game shape the real world. Stay sharp... and stay alive.
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Beep Beep Until You're Rich!
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Don't Let It Starve.
A cozy incremental treasure-hunting game about digging up buried loot with your metal detector, unlocking upgrades, and building a pirate fortune. Help Bia buy her very own pirate ship!
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Kick The Piñata!
Single-player alternative to Don't Let It Starve — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Grab your trusty bat and smash piñatas in this colorful incremental game. Buy weapons, unlock upgrades, rebirth, and build your strangely arranged home. Everything is cute, everything is fine, and the piñatas are definitely not alive.