Single-player games like Hearthlands
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Hearthlands, 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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Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hearthlands.
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
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Foundation
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthlands.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
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Pioneers of Pagonia
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hearthlands.
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.
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Driftland: The Magic Revival
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthlands.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
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Gnomoria
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthlands.
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
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The Promised Land
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hearthlands.
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
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Craft The World
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthlands.
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthlands.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
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SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hearthlands.
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
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Majesty 2
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hearthlands.
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the kingdom Ardania. At your service are your loyal and somewhat obnoxious subordinates, who have their own minds about how things should be done. In fact, Majesty is the only game where your heroes decide on their own what should be done and when, leaving you to try to control them through...
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RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hearthlands.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthlands.
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.
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Cultures - Northland
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hearthlands.
The Vikings are back! Get this RTS classic!
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Caesar™ 3
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hearthlands.
Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar!
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They Are Billions
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hearthlands.
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?
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Utopia
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthlands.
Utopia is a relaxing city builder strategy game with puzzle elements.
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Elsewhere
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hearthlands.
A sandbox crafting adventure with quests, magic, automation, and exploration. Gather resources, build your base, unlock new technologies, and shape your own path through a world full of secrets and progression. Inspired by Yogscast and classic Minecraft modpacks with many new and unique features.
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YogLabs: Testing Initiative
Single-player alternative to Hearthlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hearthlands.
A unique puzzle-adventure set in the secret YogLabs research facility. As a newly created clone, you’ll face a series of challenges while disaster threatens to consume the laboratory.