Single-player games like Empire Builder
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Empire 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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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Builder.
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
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Wingspan
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Builder.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
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RAILGRADE
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Builder.
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!
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Ticket to Ride®
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Empire Builder.
Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!
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Sid Meier's Railroads!
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Builder.
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
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Train Valley
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Builder.
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
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Corsair Cove
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Empire Builder.
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Empire Builder — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!