Single-player games like ArchaeologyX
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to ArchaeologyX, 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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Slime Rancher
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
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Emily is Away Too
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Emily is Away Too is a brand new story featuring new characters and multiple different endings. Message your friends, surf the web and choose your path through this branching narrative.
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Graveyard Keeper
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
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Reigns
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
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Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
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The Escapists
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
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Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
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Rebel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Rebel Galaxy is a swashbuckling space adventure, with action-packed combat, exploration, discovery, trade, and “negotiation” with the outlandish denizens at the edge of the known universe.
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All Fall Down
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ArchaeologyX.
Set in a distant future world, this is a unique first person shooter/platform/puzzle game where you need to find out why all the debris is falling and save your world from destruction.
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Ultimate Rock Crawler
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ArchaeologyX.
Do you like to drive a car off-road, extremely, over huge rocks or obstacles? Ultimate Rock Crawler lets you become an Off Road Rock Crawling Champion.
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No Seat?
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ArchaeologyX.
No Seat? is a unique trial bike game.
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Demolition
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ArchaeologyX.
Have enough of the day? Need some escapism? Go blow up some stuff to relieve the stress but don't break anything or real.
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SnowBall FPS
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ArchaeologyX.
SnowBall-FPS is a snowball fight game, multiplayer (LAN). Hide, attack, dig holes for cover, use stealth tactics, get upgrades, collect your snow reserves, or just find the nearest large slope and slide down it for fun with your mates.
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Mad Mosh
Single-player alternative to ArchaeologyX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ArchaeologyX.
Next level heavy metal music sim - Stage dive, pogo, head bang to your hearts content. Or Load up some classical tunes and mosh to that, we don't mind.