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Single-player games like Industronaut

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Industronaut, 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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    MORS — Steam game cover

    MORS

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Industronaut.

    Build an automated factory on a true-scale Mars streamed from real NASA terrain. Mine, smelt and belt resources, run trains between outposts, master chemistry, and grow from a lone lander into a planet-spanning industry while the real Martian weather does its worst.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Untethered — Steam game cover

    Untethered

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Industronaut.

    Untethered is a space survival-sandbox set in our own cosmic backyard. Explore zero-gravity environments, build and operate realistic space stations, and fight to stay alive in the unforgiving realm of deep space.

    2027AdventureSimulationEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Engineer Alpha — Steam game cover

    Engineer Alpha

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Industronaut.

    An open world survival and automation game. Engineer Alpha combines an infinite editable world, building and connecting of automated machinery, and RPG style player progression.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MineMogul — Steam game cover

    MineMogul

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Industronaut.

    Design and build a factory deep underground in this physics-based automation sandbox. Mine resources, buy machines and master the chaos as you become the ultimate Mine Mogul!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skyformer — Steam game cover

    Skyformer

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Industronaut.

    Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Caretaker — Steam game cover

    The Last Caretaker

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Industronaut.

    Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Crust — Steam game cover

    The Crust

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Industronaut.

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    2024StrategySimulationEarly Access19.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AETHUS — Steam game cover

    AETHUS

    Single-player alternative to Industronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Industronaut.

    Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →