Single-player games like Derelict Void
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Derelict Void, 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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Tower Factory
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
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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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
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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Aven Colony
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
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Against the Storm
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
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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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
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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Dice Legacy
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Derelict Void.
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Derelict Void — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Derelict Void.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.