Single-player games like Rise to Ruins
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Rise to Ruins, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Rise to Ruins page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise to Ruins.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
- 2
Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise to Ruins.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
- 3
Kingdoms and Castles
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise to Ruins.
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.
- 4
Against the Storm
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise to Ruins.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
- 5
The Universim
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise to Ruins.
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.
- 6
Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise to Ruins.
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.
- 7
Endzone - A World Apart
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise to Ruins.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
- 8
They Are Billions
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rise to Ruins.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
- 9
RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise to Ruins.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
- 10
Odd Realm
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise to Ruins.
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
- 11
Loading Simulator
Single-player alternative to Rise to Ruins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Rise to Ruins.
A game for the most patient! Loading has never been so exciting! If you love loading screen and puzzles, this is what you're looking for!