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Single-player games like Exodus Borealis

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Exodus Borealis, 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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    Liftlands — Steam game cover

    Liftlands

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    You're a god needing followers to become the strongest deity. Lift followers and objects to build, expand, fight, convert, or ally with gods. Gather faith for divine powers with strategic depth, shaping your civilization’s destiny.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night is Coming — Steam game cover

    Night is Coming

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

    2025StrategySimulationEarly Access24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scarecropia — Steam game cover

    Scarecropia

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Planeta — Steam game cover

    Planeta

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    Planeta is a planet-building game where you can create and customize your planet as you wish! Main goal is to create conditions for humans to live and build a rocket ship and fly to the moon!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Thveit — Steam game cover

    Thveit

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    Thveit is a cozy Norse settlement builder where changing seasons, ancient beliefs, and folklore creatures shape the fate of your settlements. Guide your settlers, manage resources, and grow a thriving community as humans and mythical beings learn to live side by side.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Adhain — Steam game cover

    Adhain

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    Become a god and expand your influence through kindness or fear. Grow your settlements, make villages believe in you, and teach your creature how to follow your example. Play alone or join other gods, as allies or rivals.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Undead Defense TD — Steam game cover

    Undead Defense TD

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    Zombies are coming! Build your defenses and expand your settlement to create a safe space for humanity. Use turrets, walls and light towers to keep the darkness safe. Expand your settlement to find abandoned settlements and additional resources.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    These Doomed Isles — Steam game cover

    These Doomed Isles

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tropico 4 — Steam game cover

    Tropico 4

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    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.

    2011StrategySimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banished — Steam game cover

    Banished

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    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.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RimWorld — Steam game cover

    RimWorld

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exodus Borealis.

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aircraft War — Steam game cover

    Aircraft War

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Fight against enemy planes with the fun Aircraft War! Challenge your friends with single and double player modes. Conquer the sky, enjoy the victory!

    2019ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outpost — Steam game cover

    Outpost

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    this is a tower defence game,we need upgrade our weapons to fight waves of enemies,robots can mining diamonds,and we need spent those in many aspect,features of this game: 1 return back before dager comes,2tempory upgrade are important but permanent upgrade are better

    2023Casual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Black Pool — Steam game cover

    The Black Pool

    Single-player alternative to Exodus Borealis — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    In the forest outside of town, four friends discover a mysterious black pool that transports them to an unknown world. To fight their way home, they must unlock and master supernatural abilities. Play cooperative or solo in this high-paced action game of skill that varies each session.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →