Single-player games like Microcivilization
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Microcivilization, 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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SimPocalypse
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Microcivilization.
A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!
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CivIdle
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Microcivilization.
CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!
- 3
Terra Invicta
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Microcivilization.
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
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Widget Inc.
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Microcivilization.
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
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Military Incremental Complex
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Microcivilization.
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
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Cataclismo
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Microcivilization.
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
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Farthest Frontier
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Microcivilization.
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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Reus 2
Single-player alternative to Microcivilization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Microcivilization.
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!