Single-player games like Going Medieval
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Going Medieval, 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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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
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.
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Manor Lords
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Foundation
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
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Norland
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
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Clanfolk
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Going Medieval.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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Cataclismo
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Going Medieval.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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Stranded: Alien Dawn
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
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The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Going Medieval.
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Going Medieval — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Going Medieval.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.