Single-player games like Mootation
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mootation, 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
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mootation.
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.
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Mars Horizon
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mootation.
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.
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Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mootation.
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
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Megaquarium
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mootation.
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mootation.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Final Upgrade
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mootation.
Help humanity to spread throughout the cosmos by exploring new worlds, building space factories and setting up trade routes. Research advanced technologies to increase efficiency and unlock new paths of development. Fight off other artificial intelligences in your goal to reach the Final Upgrade!
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SPORE™
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mootation.
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
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Aven Colony
Single-player alternative to Mootation — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mootation.
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.