Single-player games like Factor Y
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Factor Y, 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 Shipyard
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.
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Orebound
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Factor Y.
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
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Builderment
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!
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Hammerting
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
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Incremental Factory
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
Craft and automate an industrial empire from scratch! Experience a strategic game teeming with challenges as you manage resources, overcome hurdles, and optimize production chains. Are you ready to conquer the challenges of Incremental Factory? Your journey starts here... The Factory Must Grow!
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The Last Starship
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
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Havendock
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
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Moose Miners
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
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Mindustry
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Factor Y.
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Factor Y — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Factor Y.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.