Single-player games like Macht: Cosmic Engine
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Macht: Cosmic Engine, 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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Deep Space Outpost
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational.
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SERIES MAKERS TYCOON
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
Series Makers makes your dreams come true. Produce your own TV series and build your own TV studio with your team. Dominate the TV landscape and fight your way up for worldwide success!
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WorldBox - God Simulator
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
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Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
Lead your space agency in The Search for Life in this authentic strategy simulation game. Investigate the solar system and collect evidence of life. Manage base building, rocket designing, launches, and mission planning to Mars and beyond, leading the way in the future of space exploration.
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
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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ANLIFE: Motion-Learning Life Evolution
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
A relaxing evolution simulation where AI-driven block creatures move in unexpected ways. There are no complex ecosystems—just pure movement learning through a physics engine. Watch as these creatures scurry, stumble, and evolve in their own unique, unpredictable ways.
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MEMORIAPOLIS
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
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Noble Legacy
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Macht: Cosmic Engine.
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
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Ötüken
Single-player alternative to Macht: Cosmic Engine — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Join this epic adventure set in ancient Central Asia, inspired by Turkish mythology! Face mythological creatures while exploring this breathtaking open world. Take part in the war among the Tengris and save your realm.