Single-player games like Patron
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Patron, 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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Settlement Survival
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
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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Farthest Frontier
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
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Foundation
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
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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Endzone - A World Apart
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
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Land of the Vikings
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Patron.
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
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Pioneers of Pagonia
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
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Going Medieval
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
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The Settlers: New Allies
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Patron.
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
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KAISERPUNK
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.