Single-player games like Farlanders
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Farlanders, 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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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Farlanders.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Farlanders: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.
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Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
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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Space Haven
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
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Reus 2
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
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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Super Loco World - Cozy Train Automation
Single-player alternative to Farlanders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Farlanders.
Effortlessly build and automate intricate railroads and deliver goods to meet the demands of a dynamic world! Make clever use of signals and signposts to avoid traffic jams, and watch your villages blossom into bustling towns in this cozy take on the train tycoon genre.