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Single-player games like Exoplanet: First Contact

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Exoplanet: First Contact, 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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    After — Steam game cover

    After

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    In the thick of a dustbowl—where the poor beg for scraps from the rich—play as a driver trying to survive the wastelands taking any job he can to get by. Caught between a hail of bullets and a colorful cast of characters, the fate of the community rests on your decisions. Drive fast, choose wisely.

    2021ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nova — Steam game cover

    Nova

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    Combine the elements of Fire, Frost, Nature, Shadow, and Storm to form a powerful Duality. Harvest, craft, and engage in combat with creatures and enemy players to accumulate unprecedented power during the day and unleash your might at night.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Dark West — Steam game cover

    The Dark West

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    The Dark West is a western occult ARPG set across a dying frontier that is consumed by corruption. Fight to survive with era-specific weapons and dark magic as you face deadly encounters and uncover tools of destruction.

    ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    IRON WORLD — Steam game cover

    IRON WORLD

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    IRON WORLD is a top-down open world RPG. Experience the unforgiving life of a space settler travelling across the post-apocalyptic world. Drive your own car, fight, explore.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout: New Vegas — Steam game cover

    Fallout: New Vegas

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wyldheart — Steam game cover

    Wyldheart

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    Embark on bite-sized campaigns in this co-op action RPG set in a rustic fantasy world. Start from nothing, and freely build your character as you investigate rumors, explore strange ruins, and survive the dangers threatening the fallen Kingdom of Caerwyn.

    ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monomyth — Steam game cover

    Monomyth

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    MONOMYTH is an immersive, first-person dungeon-crawling RPG inspired by the genre's late classics. Embark on a journey through a vast and highly interactive game world as you unravel the mysteries hidden beneath the ancient fortress of Lysandria.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DDoD — Steam game cover

    DDoD

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    DDoD is a top-down roguelite shooter with gunplay that feels right and charming mutants you'll love, or hate. Explore a massive open world above and underground. Cleanse the Purple Lands solo or in co-op. Come back alive. Or not.

    2026ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Risen — Steam game cover

    Risen

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    Delve into a gritty, raw and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting or become a powerful mage.

    2009RPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gothic® 3 — Steam game cover

    Gothic® 3

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    A nameless hero becomes a legend! Myrtana, a world in upheaval: overrun by orcs from the dark lands in the north, King Rhobar is defending Vengard, the former stronghold of the humans, with his last troop of followers.

    2009ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallout 4 — Steam game cover

    Fallout 4

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ELEX — Steam game cover

    ELEX

    Single-player alternative to Exoplanet: First Contact — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Exoplanet: First Contact.

    ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

    2017ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →