Single-player games like Gathera
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Gathera, 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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流浪荒岛
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Gathera.
Wandering is a pixel-style sandbox action-adventure where you play as a drifting desert island adventurer trying to survive on a pristine desert island. You can explore unknown islands on a raft and get unique resources and treasures. Conquer powerful enemies and acquire rare equipment.
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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
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Nytherra
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.
A cozy 2D adventure where you explore, gather resources, turn them into profit, craft, and battle enemies to save a fading world before time runs out.
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Elixir of Life
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.
Fight, loot, craft equipment, collect your heroes and defeat evil! While doing all these, grow crops on your farm, feed your animals, make friends with the towns people, cook food, discover mysteries!
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Nightwater
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
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Welcome to Elderfield
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.
Welcome to Elderfield is a spooky farming RPG. You can farm, fish, mine, cook, craft, befriend townsfolk, beseech the old gods, investigate mysteries, watch unsettling news programs, get lost in the dead mall, die in your sleep and more. There's lots to do in Elderfield!
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AETHUS
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
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Return from Core
Single-player alternative to Gathera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gathera.
Mine, build, and explore with Monster Girl companions in this underground sandbox adventure. Uncover lost tech, automate production, and forge bonds with allies as you fight to survive and journey back to the surface.