Single-player games like Survival Vacancy
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Survival Vacancy, 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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Hammerting
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
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Embark
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
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First Feudal
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
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Space Architect
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
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Kubifaktorium
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Survival Vacancy.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Factory Engineer
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survival Vacancy.
Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.
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Apocalypse Factory
Single-player alternative to Survival Vacancy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Vacancy.
Automate production, defend your machines, and build the Escape Ark to save what’s left of humanity.