Single-player games like Aground
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Aground, 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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Aground Zero
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
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Forager
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
- 3
TerraTech Worlds
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
TerraTech Worlds is an open world, build-craft adventure game, set on an uncharted alien world. Play solo or with friends, explore your surroundings, craft unique vehicles, construct automated bases, and battle your way through hazards and enemies to harness the power of your environment
- 4
The Survivalists
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
- 5
Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Aground.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
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Crashlands
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
Fight and tame alien beasts, craft resources into menacing weaponry, befriend the outlandish locals, and go toe-to-chin with a world-domineering maniac.
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CryoFall
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Deity Quest
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
Deity Quest is a light-hearted RPG where your goal is to convert followers and gain power to become the Overgod of Aberos. Use your divine magic to support your followers in fast-paced, strategic 6 vs. 6 battles, and compete with other deities in your quest to reach the top!
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I Can't Escape: Darkness
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
I Can't Escape: Darkness is a quicksand trap for the senses - the more you listen and look for clues, the deeper you fall into a damp, living dungeon. Plunge into the depths and scrape together whatever tools you can find, then try to escape one of the most diabolical puzzles of all time!
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ADventure Lib
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
The shuffle button has been hit. All the objects and characters have been mixed up! Randomness threatens to overrun the kingdom, and nothing is what it appears to be! It is up to you to defeat the fire-breathing [kitten], save your beloved [toilet], and find the [potato] of legend!
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＜/reality＞
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
When a withdrawn virtual reality nerd has the opportunity to beta test a neural device that feels more “real” than reality itself, everything she assumed about the nature of existence is thrown into question.
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Stardander School for Witches
Single-player alternative to Aground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Aground.
Welcome to Stardander School for Witches! Embrace your magical side by learning spells, solving mysteries, making friends and battling (or befriending) Fae creatures in a turn-based battle system. Do you have what it takes to pass your classes in a world besieged by a malicious enemy?