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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Aquatico
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
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Depraved
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.
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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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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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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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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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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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Kingdoms and Castles
Single-player alternative to Patron — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Patron.
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
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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.