Single-player games like The Tribe Must Survive
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Tribe Must Survive, 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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Ratopia
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tribe Must Survive.
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tribe Must Survive.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Against the Storm
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Tribe Must Survive.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Tribe Must Survive.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
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Worshippers of Cthulhu
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Tribe Must Survive.
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
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IXION
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tribe Must Survive.
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
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Clanfolk
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Tribe Must Survive.
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
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Oxygen
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tribe Must Survive.
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to The Tribe Must Survive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Tribe Must Survive.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..