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Single-player games like King's Keeper

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to King's Keeper, 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 King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with King's Keeper.

    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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    Noble Fates — Steam game cover

    Noble Fates

    Single-player alternative to King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with King's Keeper.

    Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AColony — Steam game cover

    AColony

    Single-player alternative to King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with King's Keeper.

    A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phoenix Hope — Steam game cover

    Phoenix Hope

    Single-player alternative to King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with King's Keeper.

    Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pioneers of Pagonia — Steam game cover

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    Single-player alternative to King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with King's Keeper.

    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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    First Feudal — Steam game cover

    First Feudal

    Single-player alternative to King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with King's Keeper.

    Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — Steam game cover

    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

    Single-player alternative to King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with King's Keeper.

    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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    TFM: The First Men — Steam game cover

    TFM: The First Men

    Single-player alternative to King's Keeper — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with King's Keeper.

    An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →