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Single-player games like Autonauts vs Piratebots

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Autonauts vs Piratebots, 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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    Autonauts — Steam game cover

    Autonauts

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Havendock — Steam game cover

    Havendock

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cozy Garden — Steam game cover

    Cozy Garden

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    A relaxing farming sim where you manage adorable creatures that grow crops, gather resources, and build your cozy garden right at the bottom of your screen.

    StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cog Foo — Steam game cover

    Cog Foo

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?

    StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HomeGrown — Steam game cover

    HomeGrown

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    HomeGrown is a casual clicker-style farming game in which you grow your way from a few backyard vegetable beds to a full-blown farming enterprise!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MuMu get to Work — Steam game cover

    MuMu get to Work

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    This is a simulation management and home-building game where you can raise all sorts of slimes. These slimes will cultivate farmland, bake bread, and produce various unique goods. Plan your shops to sell goods to customers and earn plenty of coins. As your wealth accumulates, build your own town.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Timberborn — Steam game cover

    Timberborn

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MR FARMBOY — Steam game cover

    MR FARMBOY

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Autonauts vs Piratebots.

    MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series — Steam game cover

    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    Single-player alternative to Autonauts vs Piratebots — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →