Single-player games like Settlements Rising
Below are 10 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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City Tales - Medieval Era
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Settlements Rising.
City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!
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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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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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Fabledom
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Settlements Rising.
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
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Foundation
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlements Rising.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
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Citadelum
Single-player alternative to Settlements Rising — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlements Rising.
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
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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.