Single-player games like Venusville
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Venusville, 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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Starship Colony
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Venusville.
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Venusville.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Planetbase
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Venusville.
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
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Space Haven
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Venusville.
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
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The Universim
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Venusville.
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.
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After Long Night
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Venusville.
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
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Ground of Aces
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Venusville.
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
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The Crust
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Venusville.
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
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Venusville - Prologue
Single-player alternative to Venusville — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Venusville.
Guide a robotic mission in Venus’s polar clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy to stay afloat, in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient base while navigating storms and acid clouds to hunt mysterious anomalies.