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Single-player games like Liftlands

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Liftlands, 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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    Goblins of Elderstone — Steam game cover

    Goblins of Elderstone

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

    This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DarkSwitch — Steam game cover

    DarkSwitch

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

    DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!

    2026Strategy34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Universim — Steam game cover

    The Universim

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

    Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sapiens — Steam game cover

    Sapiens

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

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gnomoria — Steam game cover

    Gnomoria

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

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — Steam game cover

    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

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

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    They Are Billions — Steam game cover

    They Are Billions

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

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Feudal: Forest Village — Steam game cover

    Life is Feudal: Forest Village

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

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →