Single-player games like Highrisers
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Highrisers, 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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DISTANT VISITANT
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highrisers.
Survive the alien arrival in DISTANT VISITANT, a top-down open-world sandbox. Master talents from marksmanship to cooking while managing hygiene and hydration. Adapt to seasons where winter freezes crops and lakes. Craft, build, hunt, and find survivors. Prepare for them, this is just the start.
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Maze Breaker
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highrisers.
An action roguelite where you find your way through an ever-changing maze, choose combat abilities, and grow stronger with each run. Break through a maze that shifts between day and night, and reach the Demon King after repeated challenges.
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HORDE Survival
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Highrisers.
See yourself stuck in the middle of an ever growing virus epidemic. Find or craft weapons and tools to fight against the living and the dead. Build a safe place to survive in this cruel, apocalyptic world.
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STATION 07
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highrisers.
Supplies are gone. Station 07 is cut off. As the last survivor, you must maintain the outpost and manage critical heat, power, and food systems. Battle hostile factions and mutated terrors in a frozen world. Will you sacrifice your humanity to survive the deep freeze?
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Sheltered
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Highrisers.
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
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The Riftbreaker
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highrisers.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
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Into the Fire
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highrisers.
Race an exploding volcano in this high-risk extraction survival. Rescue survivors, manage scarce resources, survive fire anomalies, and carve escape routes through ash and lava. Bring them back alive, before the island buries you.
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Blossom: The Seed of Life
Single-player alternative to Highrisers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Highrisers.
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.