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Single-player games like Hearthwild

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Hearthwild, 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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    MR FARMBOY — Steam game cover

    MR FARMBOY

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

    MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Autonauts vs Piratebots — Steam game cover

    Autonauts vs Piratebots

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

    Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gnomoria — Steam game cover

    Gnomoria

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

    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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    Autonauts — Steam game cover

    Autonauts

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

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Havendock — Steam game cover

    Havendock

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

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hammerting — Steam game cover

    Hammerting

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

    Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Graveyard Keeper — Steam game cover

    Graveyard Keeper

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

    Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Embark — Steam game cover

    Embark

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

    Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiny Atolls — Steam game cover

    Tiny Atolls

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

    TINY ATOLLS is a minimalist building strategy game. Forge pathways across vibrant islands, unlock new tiles and complete quests to expand and change your world!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollowspire — Steam game cover

    Hollowspire

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

    A chill clicker-idle game where you dig, recruit and manage miners, and uncover buried upgrades deep underground.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →