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Single-player games like PiM World

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to PiM World, 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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    Stronghold: Warlords — Steam game cover

    Stronghold: Warlords

    Single-player alternative to PiM World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PiM World.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to PiM World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PiM World.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flooded — Steam game cover

    Flooded

    Single-player alternative to PiM World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PiM World.

    Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.

    2023StrategySimulationCasual12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pioneers of Pagonia — Steam game cover

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    Single-player alternative to PiM World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PiM World.

    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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    Territory: Farming and Warfare — Steam game cover

    Territory: Farming and Warfare

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

    From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anno 1602 History Edition — Steam game cover

    Anno 1602 History Edition

    Single-player alternative to PiM World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PiM World.

    Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.

    2024Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anno 1800 — Steam game cover

    Anno 1800

    Single-player alternative to PiM World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PiM World.

    Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

    2019StrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdoms and Castles — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms and Castles

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

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sleep — Steam game cover

    Sleep

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

    Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metal Detecting Simulator — Steam game cover

    Metal Detecting Simulator

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

    2D platformer with a view from the top. In the game you have to buy equipment to search for various items. Metal detectors, shovels, will help you in this. You come to the new land, you need to buy land and start searching for gold and coins, as well you will come across junk.

    2022IndieSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Electation — Steam game cover

    Electation

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

    In the game you need to pass the levels killing various creatures, some will run away from you, others on the contrary, will chase and attack you.

    2023Indie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    H Index — Steam game cover

    H Index

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

    The Earth's poles began to change places, and this caused chaos. People sensitive to the changes become aggressive and start attacking each other. Scientific minds have created the Hindex scale, which shows the level of activity of storms on a 12-point system.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ANIGMA Byte — Steam game cover

    ANIGMA Byte

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

    ANIGMA Byte is a tense and dynamic game that challenges your reaction and coordination. You are the last byte on whose digital shoulders rests the fate of the entire operating system. A critical error has caused chaos in the simulation, turning everything upside down.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DON'T OPEN — Steam game cover

    DON'T OPEN

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

    DONT OPEN is a PSX-style horror game about routine that falls apart before your eyes. A normal shift at a taco bar, an empty stairwell, and a persistent knock on the door that's impossible to ignore. Based on real events.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →