Single-player games like Cobalt Miner
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cobalt Miner, 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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Industronaut
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cobalt Miner.
A survival engineering game where you build life support habitats, mine resources, and automate production chains on a radiation heavy planet. No rescue. No support. Just engineering.
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Scrapcrawl
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cobalt Miner.
You are at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion. Survive and leave the exclusion zone before the radiation becomes deadly. Explore the ruined post-apocalyptic world in search of resources and food. Fight zombies. Develop the bunker. Craft items.
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MORS
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cobalt Miner.
Build an automated factory on a true-scale Mars streamed from real NASA terrain. Mine, smelt and belt resources, run trains between outposts, master chemistry, and grow from a lone lander into a planet-spanning industry while the real Martian weather does its worst.
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Terra Taker
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cobalt Miner.
Terra Taker is an open-world survival crafting game where you build megastructures to terraform a fantasy planet. Gather resources, build automated bases, and transform floating islands, tornadoes, snowfields, lava zones, and lightning-scorched lands into a new paradise for humanity.
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DISTANT VISITANT
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cobalt Miner.
Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.
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Skyreap
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cobalt Miner.
Explore a forgotten archipelago of floating islands. Gather resources, build and automate production, and link islands into a thriving trade network, until the sky belongs to you.
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The Last Caretaker
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cobalt Miner.
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
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Black Market INC.
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cobalt Miner.
Build and manage your own criminal empire in this first-person sandbox management simulator. Produce illegal goods, automate production, hire staff, complete customer orders, expand your base, and grow your business while balancing profit and risk.
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Oil Empire
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cobalt Miner.
Build a global oil empire in this 2D idle clicker. Construct buildings, produce goods, manage finances and reputation, and sell oil worldwide. Grow from a small refinery to a powerful corporation.
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The Horde of Gorak
Single-player alternative to Cobalt Miner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cobalt Miner.
Lead a growing orc horde in this pixel art incremental strategy game. Build your settlement, recruit powerful warriors, research new technologies, cast devastating spells, and destroy human castles to rescue your captured Warchief