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Single-player games like Pinevale Settlements

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pinevale Settlements, 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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    Northgard: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Northgard: Definitive Edition

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

    Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold: Warlords — Steam game cover

    Stronghold: Warlords

    Single-player alternative to Pinevale Settlements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Becastled — Steam game cover

    Becastled

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

    Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

    2025StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Settlements Rising — Steam game cover

    Settlements Rising

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

    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation18.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surviving the Aftermath — Steam game cover

    Surviving the Aftermath

    Single-player alternative to Pinevale Settlements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pinevale Settlements.

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

    2021StrategySimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Foundation — Steam game cover

    Foundation

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

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdoms and Castles — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms and Castles

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

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdoms Reborn — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms Reborn

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

    A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →