Single-player games like The Survivalists
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to The Survivalists, 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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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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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Tinkerlands
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!
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Forager
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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!
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How to Survive 2
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Smalland: Survive the Wilds
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
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Starbound
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below, repair your ship and set off to explore the universe...
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Survivalists.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Cannibal Crossing
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
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V Rising
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
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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Conan Exiles
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Survivalists.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
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!
- 14
RimWorld
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Survivalists.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
- 15
Palworld
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
- 17
Overcooked! 2
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Survivalists.
Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!
- 18
Golf With Your Friends
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Survivalists.
Why have friends if not to play Golf... With Your Friends! Nothing is out of bounds as you take on courses filled with fast paced, exciting, simultaneous mini golf for up to 12 players!
- 19
The Escapists 2
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Survivalists.
Craft, Steal, Brawl and Escape! It’s time to bust out of the toughest prisons in the world as you return to the life of an inmate in The Escapists 2, now with multiplayer! Have you got what it takes to escape?
- 20
Worms W.M.D
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Survivalists.
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.
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Killer Frequency
Single-player alternative to The Survivalists — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Survivalists.
Killer Frequency is a first-person horror puzzle game set in 1987, that puts you in the role of a late-night radio talk show host in small town America whose callers are being stalked by a mysterious killer.