Single-player games like This Is You
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to This Is You, 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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Alpha Lyrae Discovery
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.
Alpha Lyrae (Vega) is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. You were sent to Alpha Lyrae system, and your first object is to discover and to transmit data back. The last and only message from the previous team: "It is a rich and soft planet. They are everywhere."
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Backto 2035
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.
You wake up in the laboratory and notice someone approaching you. He walks to the bedside and says, "Welcome to the Spacetime Laboratory.", Take you to the time machine and say: This is the time machine you control. You need to go to different timelines to bring back upgrade parts
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Bull Run Clicker
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.
Start with a paper route. End with a central bank money printer. Click, trade and leverage your way up ten desks of Wall Street, survive rug pulls and hostile takeovers, then cash out with a golden parachute and do it all again, richer.
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MEGACITY
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.
Govern a post-collapse megacity of 1,000,000+ citizens. 300+ districts. 10+ factions. 520+ technologies. 836+ commodities. 2000+ events. Everything is on fire, the budget is imaginary, and a vending machine just filed for union representation. Idle/strategy/sandbox/city builder.
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Digital Civilization: Evolution
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with This Is You.
Build your own empire! Evolve from a primitive civilization and rise to become the strongest and greatest empire of all! Manage resources, construct buildings, and engage in diplomacy with other nations, as you grow your civilization step by step into an unstoppable powerhouse.
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Summer of Hengyang in 1944
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is You.
The game is set in the summer of 1944 during the defense of Hengyang, China. General Fang leads the Tenth Army with 17000 soldiers to resist 110000 Japanese soldiers for 47 days.
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Logistica: Under Glass
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with This Is You.
A medieval village grows inside a glass case. Cards cost villagers, buildings are one-shot cards, and every tile you clear makes the next raid bigger. Hold the walls, then take your deck out on the road as one of four peoples.
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CONQUISTA: Tide of Wills
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with This Is You.
CONQUISTA—a strategy game that blends colony sim w/ 4X gameplay. Build thriving cities and lead your nation to dominance. With living units who work, build relationships, and pursue ambitions of their own, you must respond to their desires. The seeds of history may be sown through one's dreams.
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Robologs
Single-player alternative to This Is You — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with This Is You.
Robologs is an arcade shooter where you fight against out-of-control zombie robots. Fight against an endless army in abandoned areas! Choose your character and weapons, team up with your friends, and see how long you can survive.