Single-player games like The Last Factory
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Last Factory, 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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Cosmic Ascent
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Factory.
Build and expand an orbital station in this idle/incremental space colony sim. Manage crew, resources, refinery chains, research and ship expeditions as you progress from Earth orbit toward new planets.
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Biofactory
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Factory.
Build your living factory using organs and fleshy biomachines. Combine your pulsating machines to automate and scale up production. Mine, harvest, produce and assemble weird materials in a grimdark biopunk setting. You are an evolving hive-mind brain, driven by one instinct: The factory must grow.
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Scraplings
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Factory.
A 2D side-view recycling and automation game set above an infinite trash sea. Salvage waste left behind from the Lost Century, process it through advanced production lines, and grow your factory to keep it afloat in this harsh ecosystem while paying your rent on time.
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Dystopians
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Factory.
A cyberpunk colony simulator where you take over, manage & build bases, create & lead the crew to survive in a dark cybercity. Every member of the society makes their own decisions based on various factors and stats, for you is to decide and point out what would be best to do next!
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Factorwave
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Last Factory.
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
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Nightwater
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Factory.
Forage, craft and automate to grow your factory, unlock new technologies and expand your island to discover new biomes. Progress through the ages from sticks and stones to the Bronze Age, the Industrial Era and into the future to uncover the secret of the Lighthouse and escape this reality.
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Altarguard
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Last Factory.
Altarguard is a cult-like incremental tower defense game where you guard and feed a hungry Altar by sacrificing floods of critters.
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TechGuardian: Territory Defense
Single-player alternative to The Last Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Last Factory.
This is a sci-fi strategy game featuring a Defense Mode focused on tower defense and an Attack Mode focused on combat. The game includes over 30 different buildings and units, all of which can be upgraded through entry editing to enhance their performance and firepower.