Single-player games like Survival Journals
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Survival Journals, 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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Necrocyte
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
In a world devastated by the infected, you play as a surviving soldier enhanced with a mechanical arm. Explore dangerous regions, gather resources, discover powerful abilities, and fight to survive in a hostile world.
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Feral Scape
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
Feral Scape is a single-player open-world dark fantasy RPG set in a strange wilderness inspired by Australia. Explore as a feral animal, gather resources, craft tools, build a place in the world and form relationships with three rival factions as your choices affect the story.
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VEIN
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Early Access with Survival Journals.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
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DREADZONE
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
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Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
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Outbreak Island
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Survival Journals.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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How to Survive
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Survival Journals.
“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?
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Hotel Anatolia
Single-player alternative to Survival Journals — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survival Journals.
What would you do if the hotel you checked in for the night turned into a death trap? Hotel Anatolia is a short, terrifying horror game which is about a man trying to run away from his past.