Single-player games like Frontier
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Frontier, 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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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frontier.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Beyond the Map
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Frontier.
Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frontier.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
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Wildmender
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Frontier.
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier.
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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Grim Dawn
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
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Torchlight II
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier.
The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
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Last Epoch
Single-player alternative to Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Frontier.
Uncover the Past, Reforge the Future. Ascend into one of 15 mastery classes and explore dangerous dungeons, hunt epic loot, craft legendary weapons, and wield the power of over a hundred transformative skill trees. Last Epoch is being developed by a team of passionate Action RPG enthusiasts.