Single-player games like Refuge
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Refuge, 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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Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refuge.
Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
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Llanthmar
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Refuge.
Llanthmar is a turn-based, strategy game that tasks you with ensuring the survival of your lost colony on an unknown planet. Gather resources, manufacture supplies, and fight back against anything that threatens to take them away.
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After the Fall®
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Refuge.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refuge.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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Afterinfection
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refuge.
Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand. After creating your survivor, you’ll start with nothing and have to make your way across a large island searching for food, water, weapons, and crafting supplies.
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Unturned
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Refuge.
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
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Stonehearth
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refuge.
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
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Offworld Trading Company
Single-player alternative to Refuge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refuge.
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.