Single-player games like Life is Hard
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Life is Hard, 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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King of the Dwarves: Underground City Builder
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
Build an epic kingdom inside a mountain in this underground city builder. Mine and build in a vast procedurally generated 3D world. Gather resources, research technology, train warriors and engineers, forge weapons, fight monsters and manage hundreds of units. Become the King of the Dwarves!
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Power of the Ancients
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
A mostly peaceful pixely isometric city builder with a bit of magic. Four different people live in the four quadrants of the pyramid. Fishermen, farmers, fire people, magicians. Gather resources, build homes, challenge demons and create a thriving city while preparing for winter.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
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.
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A Game of Humans
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
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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Driftland: The Magic Revival
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
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Majesty Gold HD
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Life is Hard.
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
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Wildlife Park
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
Build and manage your own wildlife compound, determine which animals to feature, how to manage the business while ensuring that all the animals are thriving. • Build a giant animal park from scratch and manage it well • Choose a variety of terrains with different climates and environmental sounds • 45 detailed, seamlessly animated and...
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KINGDOMS
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Life is Hard.
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
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Kingdom Two Crowns
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Life is Hard.
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
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Anvil Saga
Single-player alternative to Life is Hard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Life is Hard.
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.