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Single-player games like Ocean Punk

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Ocean Punk, 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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    Endzone - A World Apart — Steam game cover

    Endzone - A World Apart

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — Steam game cover

    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Haven — Steam game cover

    Space Haven

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville — Steam game cover

    Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oxygen — Steam game cover

    Oxygen

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frostpunk — Steam game cover

    Frostpunk

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ocean Punk.

    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?

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sheltered — Steam game cover

    Sheltered

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter. 

    2016StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dwarf Fortress — Steam game cover

    Dwarf Fortress

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oxygen Not Included — Steam game cover

    Oxygen Not Included

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

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    2019IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Raft — Steam game cover

    Raft

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

    Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

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

    The Riftbreaker

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terra Nil — Steam game cover

    Terra Nil

    Single-player alternative to Ocean Punk — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ocean Punk.

    Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →