Single-player games like Screeps: Arena
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Screeps: Arena, 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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Decoherence
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Screeps: Arena.
Build robots, devise a battle plan and fight alongside them!
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GLADIABOTS - AI Combat Arena
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Screeps: Arena.
Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online.
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Automata Empire
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Screeps: Arena.
Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.
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Screeps: World
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Screeps: Arena.
Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.
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Terranny
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Screeps: Arena.
Design and program drones, then send them into autonomous battles. Test your logic in this "Carnage Heart" (カルネージハート) inspired game.
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Desynced
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Screeps: Arena.
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
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Omnibullet
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Screeps: Arena.
A factory is like a clockwork, can you make it tick? Combine simple towers into complex mechanisms, generate enough energy bullets, charge batteries. An open-ended logic game about efficiency, energy management, and tight budgets. Batteries included, but you will have to charge them yourself.
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Echoes of the Architects
Single-player alternative to Screeps: Arena — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Screeps: Arena.
Design the perfect units, program their behavior, and unleash them in fully automated battles. Refine your creations throughout the campaign, then outsmart all your opponents online.