Single-player games like Valheim
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Valheim, 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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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valheim.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Valheim.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valheim.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Valheim.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Valheim.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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V Rising
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valheim.
Awaken as a Vampire. Hunt for blood in nearby settlements to regain your strength and evade the scorching sun to survive. Raise your castle and thrive in an ever-changing, open world full of mystery. Gain allies online and conquer the land of the living.
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Raft
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Valheim.
Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!
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Grounded
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valheim.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Valheim.
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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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Valheim.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Valheim.
On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.
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Pillars of Eternity
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Valheim.
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
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Enshrouded
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Valheim.
Enshrouded is a solo and co-op survival action RPG where your freedom and creativity come first. Conquer the Shroud, a corrupting fog devouring the kingdom of Embervale: explore a handcrafted world full of secrets, forge your hero your way, and build anything, anywhere in a fully terraformable land.
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ARK: Survival Evolved
Single-player alternative to Valheim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Valheim.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!