Single-player games like Wilderness Survey
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Wilderness Survey, 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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Mars Attracts
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Wilderness Survey.
Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!
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Corsair Cove
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wilderness Survey.
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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Fata Deum - The God Sim
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wilderness Survey.
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
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Sapiens
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wilderness Survey.
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
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Ascent of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wilderness Survey.
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
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Love Tavern
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wilderness Survey.
After your death due to a car accident, you have been summoned by the goddess to take care of a tavern in an Isekai world. Your job is to hire different girls from various tribes and races to help out the business there, as well as build up room by room of the tavern to expand the business.
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Gold Gold Adventure Gold
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wilderness Survey.
In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.
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TasteMaker
Single-player alternative to Wilderness Survey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wilderness Survey.
TasteMaker is a restaurant tycoon game. Design your own restaurant from the ground up, decorate, create a menu, hire and manage staff, and much more. Keep your customers happy and make a profit to keep the restaurant of your dreams from turning into a nightmare.