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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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    plexum — Steam game cover

    plexum

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

    A third-person automation game driven by narrative progression. Build elaborate machines that feed an interplanetary network as you move from planet to planet.

    2026AdventureSimulationCasual12.59 USDSingle-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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    FluxWerks — Steam game cover

    FluxWerks

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

    Every block of this planet is real, including fluids! Dig it, flood it, process it. FluxWerks is a factory automation game on a fully destructible voxel world with physical fluid and heat simulation. Dig anywhere, automate everything, and survey a world that was supposed to be empty.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Veinfall — Steam game cover

    Veinfall

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

    Veinfall is a 2D exploration, crafting, and factory automation game. Mine ore, gather materials, build machines, and connect production lines with conveyors. Grow a small hand-built base into your own factory as you explore deeper into the planet.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-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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    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 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →