Single-player games like Overthrown
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Overthrown, 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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Go-Go Town!
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Overthrown.
Step into the role of a hands-on mayor and build your town from the ground up. Plan neighborhoods, automate logistics, and grow your community—all while juggling workers, infrastructure, and day-to-day chaos to create your dream town. Play solo for total control, or bring friends for co-op mayhem.
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Anno 117: Pax Romana
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Overthrown.
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
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Anno 1800
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Overthrown.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Overthrown.
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
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Techtonica
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Overthrown.
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
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Per Aspera
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Overthrown.
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
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Settlement Survival
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Overthrown.
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.
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RPG Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Overthrown.
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Overthrown.
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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Minecraft Legends
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Overthrown.
Discover the mysteries of Minecraft Legends, a new action strategy game. Explore a gentle land of rich resources and lush biomes on the brink of destruction. The ravaging piglins have arrived, and it’s up to you to inspire your allies and lead them in strategic battles to save the Overworld!
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Super Battle Golf
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Overthrown.
An online 1-8 player golf game where everyone plays at the same time. Swing, shoot, sabotage, and finish first by any means necessary in a free-for-all rush to the hole.
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Lance A Lot: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Overthrown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Overthrown.
Challenge your friends to a glorious duel of rocket jousting for up to four players! Settle rivalries and become the last knight standing in this fast-paced local multiplayer!