Single-player games like Maia
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Maia, 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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Space Haven
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
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Planetbase
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
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Spacebase DF-9
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Maia.
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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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Maia.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Maia.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
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Aven Colony
Single-player alternative to Maia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Maia.
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.