Single-player games like The Last World
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Last World, 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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Oxygen
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last World.
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!
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Endzone - A World Apart
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last World.
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.
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InfraSpace
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last World.
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
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Automation Empire
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last World.
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
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Factory Town
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last World.
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last World.
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?
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Ostriv
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last World.
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to The Last World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last World.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.