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Single-player games like Farthest Frontier

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Farthest Frontier, 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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    Manor Lords — Steam game cover

    Manor Lords

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    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.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic — Steam game cover

    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cataclismo — Steam game cover

    Cataclismo

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    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.

    2025StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Northgard: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Northgard: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farthest Frontier.

    Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Settlement Survival — Steam game cover

    Settlement Survival

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    2022StrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Of Life and Land — Steam game cover

    Of Life and Land

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farthest Frontier.

    Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Diplomacy is Not an Option — Steam game cover

    Diplomacy is Not an Option

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farthest Frontier.

    Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knights of Honor II: Sovereign — Steam game cover

    Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.

    2022StrategySimulation44.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banished — Steam game cover

    Banished

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farthest Frontier.

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kenshi — Steam game cover

    Kenshi

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farthest Frontier.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stranded: Alien Dawn — Steam game cover

    Stranded: Alien Dawn

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    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.

    2023StrategySimulation17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar — Steam game cover

    Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farthest Frontier.

    Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knights and Merchants — Steam game cover

    Knights and Merchants

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.

    2013StrategySimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Majesty 2 — Steam game cover

    Majesty 2

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farthest Frontier.

    In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the kingdom Ardania. At your service are your loyal and somewhat obnoxious subordinates, who have their own minds about how things should be done. In fact, Majesty is the only game where your heroes decide on their own what should be done and when, leaving you to try to control them through...

    2009StrategySimulation2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grim Dawn — Steam game cover

    Grim Dawn

    Single-player alternative to Farthest Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Farthest Frontier.

    Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →