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Single-player games like Terrestrial

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Terrestrial, 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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    Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity® — Steam game cover

    Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

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

    In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.

    2011StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Annihilate The Spance — Steam game cover

    Annihilate The Spance

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

    An RTS base builder with huge battles, constant production, and autonomous ships. The Spance approaches, a vast and mysterious storm at the edge of humanity. Who shall claim its riches? Brave the perils of the depths in a story-rich singleplayer campaign with numerous distinct factions and bosses.

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebirth evolution — Steam game cover

    Rebirth evolution

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

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reshaping Mars — Steam game cover

    Reshaping Mars

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

    「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    InfraSpace — Steam game cover

    InfraSpace

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

    Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Haven — Steam game cover

    Space Haven

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

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Freaking Meatbags — Steam game cover

    Freaking Meatbags

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

    Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spacebase Startopia — Steam game cover

    Spacebase Startopia

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

    Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →