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Single-player games like Quriocity

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Quriocity, 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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    Kingdoms and Castles — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms and Castles

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

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surviving Mars — Steam game cover

    Surviving Mars

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

    There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.

    2018StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aven Colony — Steam game cover

    Aven Colony

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

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Land of the Vikings — Steam game cover

    Land of the Vikings

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

    Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

    2023Strategy25.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dwarf Fortress — Steam game cover

    Dwarf Fortress

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

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Against the Storm — Steam game cover

    Against the Storm

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

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic — Steam game cover

    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

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

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prison Architect — Steam game cover

    Prison Architect

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

    Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cities: Skylines — Steam game cover

    Cities: Skylines

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

    Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.

    2015StrategySimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →