Single-player games like Desktop Mars
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Desktop Mars, 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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Desktop Farm
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desktop Mars.
Relaxing game where you can build your farm on your desktop. Your farm will be your interactive live wallpaper. Perfect to play in the background doing other things.
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nStations
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desktop Mars.
Construct and manage your colony anytime, anywhere, any device!!!!
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Nova Patria
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desktop Mars.
Nova Patria is a Roman Steampunk Colony Sim. In this alternate history, the empire never fell and lived on to discover the New World and steam power. Manage intricate supply chains, expanding cities, and innovations in a hopeful, procedurally generated, isometric simulation of industrial antiquity.
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desktop Mars.
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.
- 5
Space Colony: Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Desktop Mars.
Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
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My Little Life
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Mars.
A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
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Dream Town Island
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desktop Mars.
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
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Forest Camp Story
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desktop Mars.
Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.
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MY FOX - Desktop Wild Pet
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Mars.
A relaxing game displayed as wallpaper. Adopt a little fox with whom you will explore the new wild world.
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DESKTOP MONKEY
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Desktop Mars.
A challenging game where you fight for the best places on Steam Leaderboards. A funny little Monkey living on your screen will prepare you for everything.
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Desktop Farm Remastered
Single-player alternative to Desktop Mars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desktop Mars.
A remastered version of our bestseller DESKTOP FARM working as a normal game, it's not 3D live wallpaper. Build your farm in voxel style and make money to expand.