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Single-player games like The Blighted Frontier

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Blighted Frontier, 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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    Resilient — Steam game cover

    Resilient

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

    Begin with a handful of survivors after a 17th-century zombie apocalypse and build a growing colony. Shape its organic layout, establish production chains, define ideologies, and pass laws. Thrive by day, defend by night, and test your colony’s resilience against the undead.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    After Long Night — Steam game cover

    After Long Night

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

    After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — Steam game cover

    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

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

    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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    Zombie Cure Lab — Steam game cover

    Zombie Cure Lab

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

    In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

    2025StrategySimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frostpunk — Steam game cover

    Frostpunk

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

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Haven — Steam game cover

    The Last Haven

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

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oxygen — Steam game cover

    Oxygen

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

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville — Steam game cover

    Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

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

    Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Retro GameShop Simulator — Steam game cover

    Retro GameShop Simulator

    Single-player alternative to The Blighted Frontier — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Blighted Frontier.

    Build and manage your dream retro video game store! Buy, sell, and stock games, consoles, and collectibles. Set your own prices, hire staff, and expand your shop to become the ultimate gaming destination.

    2025Simulation12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →