Single-player games like Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Sid Meier's Civilization VII, 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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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
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Old World
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
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HUMANKIND™
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
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Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Build a nation starting at any point in human history and compete for supremacy in this epic turn-based strategy game. Engage in diplomacy, fight wars, and go head-to-head with other leaders from history.
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Age of Wonders 4
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
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Galactic Civilizations IV
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
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Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV®: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
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Tiny Civilization
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
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.
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SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
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Tropico 4
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
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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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
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Idle Civilization
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Take command of a pair of villagers and help them build a mighty civilization that will spread across the world and conquer it. Idle Civilization is a civilization builder management game where you will oversee the growth of your people into a mighty kingdom through building, research, warfare, religion, diplomacy, culture, heroic...
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
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XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.
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Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sid Meier's Civilization VII.
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.
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Sid Meier's Pirates!
Single-player alternative to Sid Meier's Civilization VII — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sail the Caribbean, marauding all on the high seas or ally your ship and crew as a privateer in search of riches - the life you choose is up to you. Face dogged enemies, raid unsuspecting villages, woo fair maidens, avoid capture or dig for buried treasure. Discover what it takes to become one of the most famous pirates in history!