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Single-player games like Junk Jack

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Junk Jack, 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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    Crea — Steam game cover

    Crea

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    Progress with every slain monster, learn over 80 skills through talents, craft hundreds of items, and explore vast procedurally-generated worlds in this ever-expanding sandbox RPG!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Palworld — Steam game cover

    Palworld

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Voidtrain — Steam game cover

    Voidtrain

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Junk Jack.

    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!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crashlands — Steam game cover

    Crashlands

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ARK: Survival Evolved — Steam game cover

    ARK: Survival Evolved

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starbound — Steam game cover

    Starbound

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dig or Die — Steam game cover

    Dig or Die

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terraria — Steam game cover

    Terraria

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Junk Jack.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series — Steam game cover

    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Junk Jack.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stardew Valley — Steam game cover

    Stardew Valley

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

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft Legends — Steam game cover

    Minecraft Legends

    Single-player alternative to Junk Jack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Junk Jack.

    Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!

    2023ActionStrategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Block — Steam game cover

    The Block

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

    The Block is the world's smallest city builder. Place randomly generated buildings on a square and build up a tiny but perfectly formed city block! It's a very small game - more of a tiny little toy with no goals or challenges - hence the very small price :)

    2022IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lifecraft — Steam game cover

    Lifecraft

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

    Survive and evolve as an organism with this simulation game in which you will literally start as a single cell and manage and organize all its functions to a fully fledged system! Assemble, breathe, eat, fight threats, produce energy, grow, anything is possible!

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access22.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →