Single-player games like Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai, 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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Corsair Cove
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
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Boitatá: Wilderness Reborn
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
A 2D Tower Defense Survival game inspired by Brazilian folklore. Expand your territory, rescue animals to build your defenses, and use Boitatá's abilities to fight waves of invaders in battles that combine strategy, action, and territory management.
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Offshore Prophets
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
Carve out a home on a perilous island in this roguelite city builder. Build production chains, discover powerful synergies, and endure catastrophic disasters as each attempt reveals new strategies to survive against the odds.
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Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
Build a living city on rails in this steampunk fantasy train-city builder. Manage multiracial colonies with thousands of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, manage the economy, and create logistics as you explore distant regions to ensure the prosperity of your Empire.
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Whiskerwood
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
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Nova Roma
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
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Here Comes The Swarm
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai.
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.