Single-player games like Built by Day, Bitten by Night
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Built by Day, Bitten by Night, 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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Ascent of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
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Whiskerwood
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
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Nova Roma
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
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Catizens
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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Gold Gold Adventure Gold
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.
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After Long Night
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
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.
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Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
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No Ticket Back: Craft, Survive & Escape
Single-player alternative to Built by Day, Bitten by Night — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Built by Day, Bitten by Night.
As the brave crew sets course for the Red Planet, their mission takes a terrifying turn. In the vast emptiness of space, their once-proud vessel becomes a haunted nightmare. Can they survive the horrors that await them in the darkness and escape or will they succumb before completing their mission?