Single-player games like Small World
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Small 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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Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
CONNECT MORE THAN CITIES! Set off with your friends and family to re(discover) Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition, the classic boardgame. In this railway adventure, you’ll need to be the quickest to link up your cities and reach your destinations.
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Gem Rush
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
The well-loved board game comes to Steam. This mountain is rich in mystic gems. Combine gems to open up new rooms, providing new ways to dig up gems. Race against other players or race together against the clock to dig the greatest mine in this fast-paced, easy-to-learn strategy game.
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Istanbul: Digital Edition
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Collect and trade goods! Plan ahead! Earn rubies and win the race to fortune! Become the best merchant in Istanbul! This faithful adaptation of one of the best board games of all time will turn you into a merchant on a journey from rags to riches. 🕌📦👳
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Concordia: Digital Edition
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
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Root
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
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Animated Puzzles
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Small World.
Animated Puzzles Star is a Jigsaw - style puzzle game with a fun and fascinating twist, animated pictures. A wonderful pastime, in which beautiful photos are combined with natural motions and effects, giving you a puzzle experience above the ordinary.
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Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
The official adaptation of the famous board game Carcassonne! A modern classic tile-placement game based on the award winning game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The player can then decide to place one of his followers, called Meeples.
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Caverna
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Small World.
Caverna is the digital adaptation of the board game of the same name created by Uwe Rosenberg developed by "Lookout Games". It can be played with 1-7 players.
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Ticket to Ride®
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!
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Splendor
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
The OFFICIAL digital adaptation of the best-selling board game. ** ONLINE MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE !!! **
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Memoir '44 Online
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
Days of Wonder’s best-selling World War II board game is now available as a turn-based multiplayer online game on Steam!
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Gang of Four
Single-player alternative to Small World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Small World.
Enter the relentless world of underground Chinese mafia! The Gang of Four card game embodies an endless battle for supremacy - where the weak perish and the strong dominate! Play your cards with cunning and tactics to snatch the victory!