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Single-player games like Sproots

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Sproots, 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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    Dubai Builder — Steam game cover

    Dubai Builder

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Promised Land — Steam game cover

    The Promised Land

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Sproots.

    The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...

    2014StrategyAdventureCasual1.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Eastern Era — Steam game cover

    Eastern Era

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    To escape from pursuit, as the leader of your sect, guide your disciples to rise again! Engage in farming and hunting, train in martial arts, and forge weapons and armor. Build your sect's base and fortifications from the ground up to survive in this perilous, ambition-filled martial world!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Colony Survival — Steam game cover

    Colony Survival

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie24.95 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Make Your Kingdom — Steam game cover

    Make Your Kingdom

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pocket Academy — Steam game cover

    Pocket Academy

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Northgard: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Northgard: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crab God — Steam game cover

    Crab God

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    Crab God is an atmospheric underwater strategy game. Guide your Crabling colony through wild ocean depths, and defend the egg of the next Crab God.Restore and protect diverse coral reefs, making a difference in the real world as you progress in-game. Make waves, praise the claw!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    pyramida — Steam game cover

    pyramida

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .

    2020StrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stacklands — Steam game cover

    Stacklands

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sproots.

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Simmiland — Steam game cover

    Simmiland

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sproots.

    Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!

    2018IndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grunn — Steam game cover

    Grunn

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sproots.

    A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    clickyland — Steam game cover

    clickyland

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sproots.

    clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?

    2024Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    fishy — Steam game cover

    fishy

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sproots.

    A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?

    2020ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    White Lavender — Steam game cover

    White Lavender

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sproots.

    A challenging adventure game with RPG-elements. Be a bug, fight other critters with swords and magic, collect powerful items such as pencils and teaspoons, meet cool characters, and up your fashion game on a journey to brew a special tea!

    2022IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Luckitown — Steam game cover

    Luckitown

    Single-player alternative to Sproots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sproots.

    Luckitown is a turn-based tower defense where you roll dice to build new structures and cast spells to defend your town.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →