Single-player games like Basement
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Basement, 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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Mob Factory
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
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Cartel Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
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Evil Genius 2: World Domination
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
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.
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Honey, I Joined a Cult
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!
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Farthest Frontier
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Basement.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Undead Inc.
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Basement.
Undead Inc. is a high-risk, high-reward resource management simulator where you establish and manage a local subsidiary of the Endswell Medical Corporation. Build, manage staff, conduct research, and trade in both cutting edge medical treatments and bleeding edge bioweapons.
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Schedule I
Single-player alternative to Basement — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Basement.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.