Single-player games like Cargo Hunters
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cargo Hunters, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Cargo Hunters page.
Ranked picks
- 1

The Forever Winter
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Cargo Hunters.
The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!
- 2

Road to Vostok
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Cargo Hunters.
Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.
- 3

GRIDLANDS
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Cargo Hunters.
GRIDLANDS is a PvE extraction shooter set in a fallen world where sentient machines hunt what remains of humanity. Scavenge, survive, and extract through hostile industrial dead zones where every run could be your last.
- 4

Cold Sweat
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cargo Hunters.
Cold Sweat is a PvE single player extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Collect loot, complete missions for traders, upgrade your base, customize your firearms, and shoot your way through other survivors and the undead.
- 5

Expedition: Into Darkness
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cargo Hunters.
Expedition: Into Darkness is a medieval third-person cooperative dungeon crawler and extraction looter. Assemble weapons, customize gear, and join forces with up to four other allies. Survive the ruins—or lose everything you carry.
- 6

Into the Fire
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cargo Hunters.
Race an exploding volcano in this high-risk extraction survival. Rescue survivors, manage scarce resources, survive fire anomalies, and carve escape routes through ash and lava. Bring them back alive, before the island buries you.
- 7

Seven Cities
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Early Access with Cargo Hunters.
A tactical top-down action RPG set in a shattered New York, where digital corruption meets corporate warfare. Customize your operative, master modern combat, and fight to reclaim the Seven Cities one district at a time.
- 8

UNHUMAN
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cargo Hunters.
UNHUMAN is a 2D idle extraction shooter set in a cyberpunk dystopia. Raid hostile zones, loot valuable gear, fight enemies before extraction, and craft powerful weapons. Progress through a deep skill tree, install augments, and transcend humanity. Start as a scavenger. Become UNHUMAN.
- 9

Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cargo Hunters.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
- 10

Stalker
Single-player alternative to Cargo Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.