Single-player games like ARIDA: Backland's Awakening
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening, 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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ARIDA 2: Rise of the Brave
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Join Cícera on an emotional journey through a vibrant yet hostile world. Uncover the secrets of a promised land, solve quests, and master crafting to survive. In the 19th-century Brazilian backlands, your courage is the only weapon against the drought!
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Django
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Django, a brave doberman left behind in the woods, will he find his way back to his family? Through the dangerous and breathtaking path of forest, you will play as django and explore the nature woods of Kodaikanal with dangerous and interesting wild animals on the way and uncovers the story behind.
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LOST EMBER
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Explore the remains of a fallen world from fascinating perspectives! Slip into the role of different animals to uncover the fate of an ancient world. Dive into deep waters, fly at lofty heights, dig underground as a mole or even climb steep cliffs with a mountain goat, there are lots of ways of getting around.
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Shelter
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Experience the wild as a badger sheltering your cubs from harm. On your journey, you will be stalked by birds of prey, encounter perils of the night, cross fierce rivers, escape forest fires and face the looming threat of starvation. Food is to be found, but is there enough for everyone?
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Dordogne
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Immerse yourself in a unique narrative experience and explore the thousand summer colors of Dordogne as you revisit your childhood to uncover lost family secrets in this touching formative journey.
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Farewell North
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Play as a border collie and restore color to your human’s world in an atmospheric journey through the northern isles of Scotland. Explore land and sea, uncover hidden paths, herd animals and free wildlife to bring color back to her world, while revealing an emotional story about saying farewell.
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Endling - Extinction is Forever
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.
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Submerged: Hidden Depths
Single-player alternative to ARIDA: Backland's Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with ARIDA: Backland's Awakening.
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.