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Single-player games like Shipolis

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Shipolis, 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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    Harvest Village — Steam game cover

    Harvest Village

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

    Harvest Village is a resource gathering and crafting paradise. It is a mini city building game where we process resources and try to craft the most valuable items and complete various quests. Upgrade your buildings and become the best miner, cook and toolmaker.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Transport Fever 3 — Steam game cover

    Transport Fever 3

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

    Transport Fever 3, the ultimate transport tycoon returns, bigger, deeper, and more dynamic than ever. Build the routes that transform the world across land, sea, and sky using over a century of evolving transport options. Design and build your ideal transport network.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual49.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cartel Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Cartel Tycoon

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

    Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Imagine Earth — Steam game cover

    Imagine Earth

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

    Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Make Your Kingdom — Steam game cover

    Make Your Kingdom

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

    Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Driftland: The Magic Revival — Steam game cover

    Driftland: The Magic Revival

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

    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!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Port Royale 4 — Steam game cover

    Port Royale 4

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

    Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.

    2020StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fabledom — Steam game cover

    Fabledom

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

    Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!

    2024StrategySimulationCasual20.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skycliffs — Steam game cover

    Skycliffs

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

    Skycliffs is an action shooter roguelike dungeon crawler with fast-paced top-down platforming. Jump and dash across sky islands, fight loads of monsters, and get upgrades to survive the many dangers of your journey. Will you be strong enough to reach and defeat the keeper of this floating world?

    2022ActionIndieEarly Access6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destroy The Monoliths — Steam game cover

    Destroy The Monoliths

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

    Explore. Mine. Build. Fight. Destroy The Monoliths is a single-player real-time mining tower offense roguelike where you explore a randomly generated map, mine the terrain to get resources, and build turrets to both protect your base and fight monoliths that keep spawning ever more minions.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Comet Force — Steam game cover

    Comet Force

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

    Comet Force is a Space Arena Shooter Action Roguelite. Build your camp, recruit to compose and grow your troop, collect upgrades and unique effects, fight enemies and bosses, and choose how the threat evolves. Keep your troop strong enough to survive all waves and close off the anomaly.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →