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Single-player games like Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder, 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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    Surviving Mars — Steam game cover

    Surviving Mars

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    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.

    2018StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Citizens: On Mars — Steam game cover

    Citizens: On Mars

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.

    2023Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outer Space Shack — Steam game cover

    Outer Space Shack

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    Build and manage space outposts on the Moon and Mars in this realistic simulation game. From the first step on the Moon to Mars colonization, launch rockets, take care of your astronauts and expand your base as you explore the cosmos. No grind, just pure management and exploration fun.

    2023StrategySimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Timberborn — Steam game cover

    Timberborn

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Haven — Steam game cover

    Space Haven

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Crust — Steam game cover

    The Crust

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access19.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dyson Sphere Program — Steam game cover

    Dyson Sphere Program

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Per Aspera — Steam game cover

    Per Aspera

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dice & Fold — Steam game cover

    Dice & Fold

    Single-player alternative to Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder.

    A turn-based dungeon crawler where your only way of attacking the enemy is by rolling dice. Roll dice to damage enemy cards to FOLD. Inspired by classic Solitaire, in a top-down table and enemies made out of cards, try to beat the dungeon with 35 unique classes. Build your deck, kill monsters.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG5.19 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →