Single-player games like Dwelvers
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Dwelvers, 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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War for the Overworld
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwelvers.
War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.
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KeeperRL
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dwelvers.
KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.
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MachiaVillain
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwelvers.
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
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STATIONflow
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dwelvers.
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
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Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dwelvers.
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
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Mad Games Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwelvers.
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
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Rise of Industry
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwelvers.
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwelvers.
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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Dungeon Keeper™ 2
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dwelvers.
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwelvers.
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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Naheulbeuk's Dungeon Master
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwelvers.
A dungeon in danger ! Build, manage, and defend your tower in the satirical heroic fantasy universe of Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. From a shaky establishment to an infamous lair!
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Save the settlers
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dwelvers.
This is a tower defense game in which you have to defend a settlement from bloodthirsty creatures.
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The Settlers: New Allies
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dwelvers.
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Dwelvers — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.