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Single-player games like Ninja Village

Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to Ninja Village, 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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    Venture Towns — Steam game cover

    Venture Towns

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

    Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beastie Bay DX — Steam game cover

    Beastie Bay DX

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

    Develop a deserted island and collect rare monsters!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation5.12 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    High Sea Saga DX — Steam game cover

    High Sea Saga DX

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

    Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Forest Camp Story — Steam game cover

    Forest Camp Story

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

    Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oh! Edo Towns — Steam game cover

    Oh! Edo Towns

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

    Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scarecropia — Steam game cover

    Scarecropia

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

    Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rising Army — Steam game cover

    Rising Army

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

    Rising Army is a strategy auto-battler game where you can train and equip every single troop, upgrade your camp, and recruit new warriors. Experience a campaign in an open world and take on epic battles.

    2026StrategySimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdom Of Force — Steam game cover

    Kingdom Of Force

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

    KOF is a magic background real-time strategy game, which is based on the method of dispatching troops to occupy the city, and combines the elements of resource collection, construction, upgrading, tower defense and so on.

    2020StrategySimulationRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Romance of the Three Kingdoms — Steam game cover

    Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ninja Village.

    "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was first released in 1985. It was the first historical simulation game released in Japan based on the Chinese classical literature "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Players become the leaders of their countries and strive to unite the land under their rule.

    2016Strategy6.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION — Steam game cover

    NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ninja Village.

    Nobunaga's Ambition, the first of the series, was released in 1983. Players assume the mantle of either Nobunaga Oda or Shingen Takeda and strive to conquer the entire land (17 areas in the Kansai and central Japan region). They manage their country to make it rich, then prepare their military forces.

    2016Strategy6.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition — Steam game cover

    SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition

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

    SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.

    2010StrategySimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: SHOGUN 2 — Steam game cover

    Total War: SHOGUN 2

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ninja Village.

    Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.

    2011Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition — Steam game cover

    Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ninja Village.

    Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.

    2013Strategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: WARHAMMER — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ninja Village.

    Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.

    2016ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Total War: WARHAMMER II — Steam game cover

    Total War: WARHAMMER II

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ninja Village.

    Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

    2017ActionStrategy59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zeus Begins — Steam game cover

    Zeus Begins

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ninja Village.

    Help the young Zeus to come back to Olympus and defeat Cronus. Cronus ate all of his sons but Zeus escaped with the help of his mother,he trained so hard in combat to defeat all the enemies that Cronus send to him. Fight with mythologic creatures and titans across Grece in a beat´em up game!

    2019ActionIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Game Dev Story — Steam game cover

    Game Dev Story

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

    Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Village — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Village

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

    Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation3.23 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Village 2 — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Village 2

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

    Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dream Town Island — Steam game cover

    Dream Town Island

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

    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!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story — Steam game cover

    Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story

    Single-player alternative to Ninja Village — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Ninja Village.

    A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon

    2024Simulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Sushi Spinnery — Steam game cover

    The Sushi Spinnery

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

    Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jumbo Airport Story — Steam game cover

    Jumbo Airport Story

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

    Just imagine: your own world-famous airport! A game with sky-high levels of fun!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →