Single-player games like Planet Nomads
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Planet Nomads, 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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Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Planet Nomads.
Build and explore in a true space sandbox survival adventure. Construct mighty capital vessels, sprawling planetary settlements, and vast space stations in your galactic journey to discover the mysteries of Empyrion!
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Planet Explorers
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Nomads.
Planet Explorers is an open world sandbox adventure RPG game set on a distant planet. The game uses a new OpenCL calculated voxel system to allow players to change the terrain in any way, create new objects such as weapons, vehicles, objects, and do it anywhere.
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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Nomads.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Planet Nomads.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Osiris: New Dawn
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Nomads.
Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth.
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Breathedge
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Nomads.
Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Planet Nomads.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Planet Nomads.
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!
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The Long Dark
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Planet Nomads.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
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Kerbal Space Program
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Planet Nomads.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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The Planet Crafter
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Planet Nomads.
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Planet Nomads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Planet Nomads.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.