Single-player games like Of Life and Land
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Of Life and Land, 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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Settlements Rising
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
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Whiskerwood
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Of Life and Land.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
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Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Of Life and Land.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
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The Wandering Village
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Of Life and Land.
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
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Pioneers of Pagonia
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Of Life and Land.
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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Ostriv
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
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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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Of Life and Land.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
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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Dawn of Man
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
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Going Medieval
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Of Life and Land.
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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Norland
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Of Life and Land.
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Of Life and Land — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Of Life and Land.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.