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
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.
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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.
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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
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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.