Single-player games like Road to Eden
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Road to Eden, 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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Valheim
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Palworld
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
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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TerraTech Worlds
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
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
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Voidtrain
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
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Dawn of Defiance
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Road to Eden.
You are the Defier, a Spartan beginning your afterlife on the Crossroads. In this Greek myth-inspired survival craft, ascend from weak soldier to god-like anti-hero. Build impressive Greek structures, craft legendary gear, and break the seals of the Underworld with up to 3 friends.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Eden.
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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Eden Crafters
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Eden.
Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!
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The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Road to Eden.
A survival crafting adventure set in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. Lead the Dwarves to reclaim Moria - mine, build, and battle through procedurally generated depths alone or with up to 8 players in co-op. It is time to return to Moria!
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Road to Eden.
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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The Forest
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
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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7 Days to Die
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
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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Worlds
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
You're Reyk, a highly trained interdimensional Agent. Pack yourself with deadly weapons and equipment, then journey through the portal to strange parallel worlds! Assassinate your targets, sneak in enemy bases and investigate on mysterious anomalies to uncover the odd link between these worlds...
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SCUM
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.
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Mist Survival
Single-player alternative to Road to Eden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Road to Eden.
MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t