Single-player games like Another Dead World
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Another Dead World, 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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Once Upon a Time in the Colony
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Another Dead World.
"Once Upon a Time in the Colony" is a third-person game with simulation survival, action and shooting elements. Go to virtual amusement parks called "colony" in parallel time and space. Survive and develop, farm, explore and fight in various harsh environments. Write your own legendary story.
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Union Of Rivals
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Another Dead World.
A deep colony sim and city builder. Manage resources and production chains to build the railroad from East to West. Found towns, harvest and refine the goods that fuel the line, then persuade or outlast the settlements in your path. Every citizen has a name, a trait, and a breaking point.
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Corsair Cove
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Another Dead World.
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
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Noble Fates
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Another Dead World.
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
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The Guild II Renaissance
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Another Dead World.
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Another Dead World.
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.
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Another Dead World.
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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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Another Dead World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Another Dead World.
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.