Single-player games like INMATE: Survival
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to INMATE: Survival, 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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Eden Island
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INMATE: Survival.
Eden Island is a beautiful survival game. As a survivor, you will explore and survive on a realistic tropical island, craft weapons against beasts, farm and hunt, build your own home.
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Animallica
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INMATE: Survival.
In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.
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Soulmask
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with INMATE: Survival.
Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INMATE: Survival.
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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Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INMATE: Survival.
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
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Night of the Dead
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INMATE: Survival.
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INMATE: Survival.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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Far Cry® Primal
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with INMATE: Survival.
The award-winning Far Cry franchise returns with its innovative open world gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters. Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of danger and adventure.
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SCUM
Single-player alternative to INMATE: Survival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with INMATE: Survival.
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.