Single-player games like Phantom of the Grove
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Phantom of the Grove, 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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Oblivions Garden
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom of the Grove.
Claim a hex anywhere on a 1:1 reconstruction of real Earth and build a city that never stops growing. Real satellite terrain, real building outlines, a hierarchical economy from one parcel to a continent — and an AI that grows the world while you sleep.
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Diseased
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Phantom of the Grove.
Build your camp in the freezing cold and make tough choices. Capture walls to widen borders and send your men to explore. Risk it all for vital resources, as surviving the relentless waves of the Diseased emerging from the dark will be harder than you think.
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Coralland
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom of the Grove.
Coraland is a unique simulation and strategy game where you take on the role of a marine biologist tasked with restoring and protecting a fragile coral reef. Every coral you place, every fish that spawns, and every structure you build affects the ecosystem, for better or worse.
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Copacetic
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom of the Grove.
The 3D Pipes screensaver, but a resource management game, inside of a cube, about genocide. Place factories and modules around the walls of your mind, avoiding tangles as you wire them all together. Travel across the galaxy harvesting all sentient life. Space is limited, and the only enemy is you.
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Imagine Earth
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom of the Grove.
Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.
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Here Comes The Swarm
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom of the Grove.
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
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Ascent of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Phantom of the Grove.
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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Whiskerwood
Single-player alternative to Phantom of the Grove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Phantom of the Grove.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.