Single-player games like Grim Realms
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Grim Realms, 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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Grim Nights
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
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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Founders' Fortune
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
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First Feudal
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
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Foundation
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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Colony Survival
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
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!
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Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
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Craft The World
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grim Realms.
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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Break the Empire
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grim Realms.
Fight your way to the capital and slay the emperor! Choose from a variety of characters with unique spells and skills! Featuring permadeath, interactable terrain, distinct builds, wild combos, and endless replayability.
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Hollow Island
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grim Realms.
Shape your own destiny: Explore, dig for riches, fish, grow crops, cook food, brew and sell potions, expand your property, fight monsters, build camps and hoard your treasures!
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Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
Single-player alternative to Grim Realms — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You've been exiled to The Mirk - an unforgiving swampland where every step could be your last. You must constantly make choices: what paths to take, which tree to shelter under, what beasts to engage or avoid, what items to bring into the darkness of dungeons, and what treasures to leave behind.