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Single-player games like City 20

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to City 20, 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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    Wildstrive — Steam game cover

    Wildstrive

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City 20.

    Wildstrive - is an open-world first-person survival game. Craft tools, build a camp, harvest crops, explore the land, tame and fight wild animals. Challenge nature and solve the mystery of the lost island!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Primal Survival Wars — Steam game cover

    Primal Survival Wars

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City 20.

    Build your own Settlement of Ancient People. Survive, Hunt, Gather, Craft Tools, Fight, Research new technologies and face the challenges that the environment throws at you.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Time at Sandrock — Steam game cover

    My Time at Sandrock

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City 20.

    Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KeepUp Survival — Steam game cover

    KeepUp Survival

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City 20.

    KeepUp Survival is an open base-building and exploration game set in a natural, abandoned world. Build, gather, survive, and unfold your own story on a mysterious island.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    One Lonely Outpost — Steam game cover

    One Lonely Outpost

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with City 20.

    An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    World End Diner — Steam game cover

    World End Diner

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City 20.

    Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation13.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    No Place Like Home — Steam game cover

    No Place Like Home

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City 20.

    Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Havendock — Steam game cover

    Havendock

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with City 20.

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stalker — Steam game cover

    Stalker

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with City 20.

    The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kenshi — Steam game cover

    Kenshi

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with City 20.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Loading Human: Chapter 1 — Steam game cover

    Loading Human: Chapter 1

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with City 20.

    In this VR adventure, your dying father - an esteemed scientist - summons you to his Antarctic base to undergo an intensive interstellar quest: retrieve the Quintessence, an elusive energy source that will help reverse the aging process.

    2016Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fantasy Kommander: Eukarion Wars — Steam game cover

    Fantasy Kommander: Eukarion Wars

    Single-player alternative to City 20 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Immerse yourself in the epic battles of Fantasy Kommander, a turn-based tactical game set in a European fantasy world. Lead your armies, master the battle system, and unravel the captivating storyline across four campaigns filled with heroes, quests, and powerful enemies.

    2024StrategyRPG7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →