Single-player games like Strayward
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Strayward, 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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PlanetSmith
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A sandbox survival RPG set on fully spherical hex worlds. Crash-land on an uncharted planet, craft and build to survive, uncover what infected the solar system, then build a ship and fly seamlessly to other planets. No loading screens. No edges.
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GreenMars: Expedition 744
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Strayward.
A sci-fi survival game where you explore a full planet, gather resources, build your base, deploy terraforming machines and drones, and begin turning hostile Martian terrain into the foundation of a new civilisation.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Strayward.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Strayward.
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.
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MISERY
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Strayward.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Strayward.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Rising World
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Strayward.
Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.
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Creativerse
Single-player alternative to Strayward — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Strayward.
A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.