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Single-player games like Sol 0: Mars Colonization

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sol 0: Mars Colonization, 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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    Surviving Mars — Steam game cover

    Surviving Mars

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.

    2018StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Haven — Steam game cover

    Space Haven

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Planetbase — Steam game cover

    Planetbase

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aven Colony — Steam game cover

    Aven Colony

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spacebase DF-9 — Steam game cover

    Spacebase DF-9

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Crust — Steam game cover

    The Crust

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    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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    RimWorld — Steam game cover

    RimWorld

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mars Horizon — Steam game cover

    Mars Horizon

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banished — Steam game cover

    Banished

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sol 0: Mars Colonization.

    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.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outpost — Steam game cover

    Outpost

    Single-player alternative to Sol 0: Mars Colonization — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    this is a tower defence game,we need upgrade our weapons to fight waves of enemies,robots can mining diamonds,and we need spent those in many aspect,features of this game: 1 return back before dager comes,2tempory upgrade are important but permanent upgrade are better

    2023Casual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →