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Single-player games like Trappist

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Trappist, 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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    Captain of Industry — Steam game cover

    Captain of Industry

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trappist.

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep Space Outpost — Steam game cover

    Deep Space Outpost

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trappist.

    Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pioneers of Pagonia — Steam game cover

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Trappist.

    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.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cattails: Wildwood Story — Steam game cover

    Cattails: Wildwood Story

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Trappist.

    Become a cat! In this cozy life sim RPG, you'll lead your colony into the mysterious Wildwood. Hunt prey, harvest herbs, collect magical treasures, & defend your new home from intruders. Build a thriving town to recruit new cats. Get to know the residents, fall in love, & raise a litter of kittens!

    2023IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Railbound — Steam game cover

    Railbound

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Trappist.

    A relaxing puzzle game about fixing train connections and travelling the world - now with a level editor!

    2022IndieCasual12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RimWorld — Steam game cover

    RimWorld

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trappist.

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RAILGRADE — Steam game cover

    RAILGRADE

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Trappist.

    RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Timberborn — Steam game cover

    Timberborn

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trappist.

    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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    Frostpunk — Steam game cover

    Frostpunk

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Trappist.

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Factorio — Steam game cover

    Factorio

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trappist.

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    IXION — Steam game cover

    IXION

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trappist.

    IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alien — Steam game cover

    Alien

    Single-player alternative to Trappist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Trappist.

    Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →