Single-player games like Grimgrad
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Grimgrad, 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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Foundation
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grimgrad.
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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Farthest Frontier
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grimgrad.
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.
- 3
STATIONflow
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Grimgrad.
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
- 4
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Grimgrad.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grimgrad.
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.
- 6
Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grimgrad.
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.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grimgrad.
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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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Grimgrad.
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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Corrupted
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grimgrad.
Corrupted - the mix of arcade, RPG and visual novel. Fight off the hordes of monsters and break through to the truth. Discover new skills and improve your combat arsenal. The ground under your feet will be strewn with skulls of enemies!
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Ammo and Oxygen
Single-player alternative to Grimgrad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Grimgrad.
🔫👽 Adrenaline shooter-roguelike with a survival and suspense atmosphere. Caution and accuracy are as important as conserved ammo and an extra explosion that raises the alarm in the lair. Stock up on oxygen, batteries, and ammo to survive another terrifying night.