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Single-player games like Researchity | Open World Survival Game

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Researchity | Open World Survival Game, 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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    Stellar outpost commander — Steam game cover

    Stellar outpost commander

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    Real-time strategy game with commander task control. Pilots-Mercenary, each with their own character, and many unique ships for them. Interesting missions. Base development, various technologies and space exploration.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Caribbean Frontier — Steam game cover

    Caribbean Frontier

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    Start with your ship and a couple of coins to conquer the caribbean frontier. Use trade, diplomancy or piracy to gather wealth. Control cities, build new ships for you fleet and expand your influence! Or become a well known pirate that every vessel fears.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation5.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dominus Orbis Maris 1400: Mare Nostrum — Steam game cover

    Dominus Orbis Maris 1400: Mare Nostrum

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    DOM 1400: Mare Nostrum is an immersive maritime strategy and economic simulation game set in the Mediterranean during the 15th century. Establish trade routes, manage the daily needs of different social classes, and dominate the market through a realistic economy driven by dynamic scarcity.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Primitive Society Simulator — Steam game cover

    Primitive Society Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    岛与工厂 Island And Factories — Steam game cover

    岛与工厂 Island And Factories

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    Set management, strategy, planning, breeding elements as one. Randomly generated islands have different resources, industrialization or agriculture is up to you. Planting crops, breeding animals, mining minerals to obtain low-grade products, factory processing to obtain high-grade products.

    2024IndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pioneers of Pagonia — Steam game cover

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AColony — Steam game cover

    AColony

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Games Tycoon 2 — Steam game cover

    Mad Games Tycoon 2

    Single-player alternative to Researchity | Open World Survival Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Researchity | Open World Survival Game.

    Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →