Single-player games like Settlements Rising
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Settlements Rising, 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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Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlements Rising.
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
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Of Life and Land
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlements Rising.
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
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Settlement Survival
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Settlements Rising.
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
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Patron
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Settlements Rising.
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
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Land of the Vikings
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Settlements Rising.
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!
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Pioneers of Pagonia
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Settlements Rising.
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.
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Endzone 2
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Settlements Rising.
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlements Rising.
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.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlements Rising.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Settlements Rising.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Settlements Rising.
Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.