Single-player games like Gridmax
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Gridmax, 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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Necromancer's Workshop
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
Necromancer’s Workshop is a fantasy tycoon game. Craft zombies, work the land. Build a cozy countryside business, worth waking the dead for.
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Cog Foo
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?
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F.E.A.S.T
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
Congratulations! You've been hired by an elite organization that cooks for gods. Farm, automate, and cook gourmet meals to appease divine beings.
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SeaColony
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
SeaColony is a base-building survival game set in the endless open sea. Build and expand a floating outpost, manage survivors, and set up production chains to keep your colony alive. Farm the ocean and trade with merchant ships to survive and grow in the harsh deep.
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Factory Town 2: Paradise
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!
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Dawn Apart
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
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Ascent of Ashes
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
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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Autonauts vs Piratebots
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Gridmax.
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.
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Keystone Library
Single-player alternative to Gridmax — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An expandable library of RPG stories and mini-games. Enter a living library where every book is a new adventure. Solve puzzles, complete quests, battle foes, and restore the library to its former glory using a unique keyword-based interface.