Single-player games like Sumerians
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Sumerians, 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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Ostriv
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
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Land of the Vikings
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sumerians.
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
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Endzone - A World Apart
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
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Stronghold: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
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Thriving City: Song
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?
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Citadelum
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
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Of Life and Land
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
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.
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Builders of Greece
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.
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CivCity: Rome
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sumerians.
CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder inspired by the world of Sid Meiers Civilization, and created by a collaboration between Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself!
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Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
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.
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Sumerians — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sumerians.
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.