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Single-player games like GUILDMAKER

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to GUILDMAKER, 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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    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — Steam game cover

    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with GUILDMAKER.

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dwarf Fortress — Steam game cover

    Dwarf Fortress

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with GUILDMAKER.

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gnomoria — Steam game cover

    Gnomoria

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with GUILDMAKER.

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Goblins of Elderstone — Steam game cover

    Goblins of Elderstone

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with GUILDMAKER.

    This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    First Feudal — Steam game cover

    First Feudal

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with GUILDMAKER.

    Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Universim — Steam game cover

    The Universim

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with GUILDMAKER.

    Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Feudal: Forest Village — Steam game cover

    Life is Feudal: Forest Village

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with GUILDMAKER.

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RimWorld — Steam game cover

    RimWorld

    Single-player alternative to GUILDMAKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with GUILDMAKER.

    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 →