Single-player games like Pax Autocratica
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Pax Autocratica, 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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Pax Autocratica: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pax Autocratica.
Free stand‑alone Prologue. Build a grand totalitarian colony then personally storm roguelite battlefields with your soldiers. Capture enemies, convert them into believers or sacrifice them to feed the strong. Make every life bend to your will. Play Sector One now & wishlist the full game.
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Ecliptica
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pax Autocratica.
Ecliptica is a first-person open-world colony survival simulator with a fully dynamic economy. Set on a hostile alien planet, you'll found corporations, fight for resources, and build a sustainable future—or be wiped out by ruthless nature, politics, and competition.
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Stellar Shipyard
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pax Autocratica.
Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.
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Wreckborn
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pax Autocratica.
Cleanse the system of pirates, destroy their bases and free the captives. On the asteroids, build a base, mining colonies, explore asteroids and extract resources needed for survival. Develop buildings, build defenses and turn the asteroid into a fortress.
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Heroes For Hire - Guild Micromanagement Simulator
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pax Autocratica.
You've joined a guild before, right? So, where's the trouble in managing a guild of your own, too? Use the GuildOS system to guide your heroes, raid some dungeons, and grow your guild to rise from the bottom of the ranks right up to the top in Heroes for Hire!
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Polydangerous
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pax Autocratica.
Build and defend a mining operation on a distant planet in this tower defense bullet heaven shooter. Build and upgrade defenses, fight off waves of enemies from a rival corporation, and earn enough credits to buy your body back and escape this deep space hellhole.
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Rogue Factory
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pax Autocratica.
The AUTOMATION bullet heaven! Build your custom spellcasting factory and tear through endless waves of monsters. Unlock 20+ characters and 100+ golden totems to craft broken roguelite synergies and survive the swarm! Build, automate, autocast, OBLITERATE!
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Cult of the Lamb
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pax Autocratica.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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Seeking Dawn
Single-player alternative to Pax Autocratica — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pax Autocratica.
Welcome to Seeking Dawn, a multiplayer survival VR adventure that takes you far beyond the solar system. Step into the shoes of a soldier discovering a hostile planet, where predators roam free and enemies are ruthless.