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Single-player games like Wild Hive

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Wild Hive, 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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    Captain Contraption’s Safari Park — Steam game cover

    Captain Contraption’s Safari Park

    Single-player alternative to Wild Hive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wild Hive.

    Build a safari park where strange animals eat, breed and turn against each other in a living, breathing, ecosystem. Design paths to guide your visitors to the best moments, and unlock weirder creatures to clone with every run.

    StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cloudlings — Steam game cover

    Cloudlings

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

    Cloudlings is a cute colony sim set amongst the clouds. Guide a small tribe of curious creatures as they build a floating village, merge drifting islands, manage resources, unlock upgrades, and uncover the mysteries hiding beyond the clouds.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jammed — Steam game cover

    Jammed

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

    You are a traffic engineer. Draw roads and bridges, connect growing districts, and watch your city come alive. Design efficient interchanges and avoid traffic jams.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Camping Keeper — Steam game cover

    Camping Keeper

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

    Build the campsite of your dreams, open all year round. Bare pitch or luxury lodge: the choice is yours. Manage plots, restrooms, weather and staff, and watch your campers live, complain… and come back. Reach for the stars!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surviving Mars: Relaunched — Steam game cover

    Surviving Mars: Relaunched

    Single-player alternative to Wild Hive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wild Hive.

    The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.

    2025StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ancient Cities — Steam game cover

    Ancient Cities

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

    Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    IDLE BOSS RUSH — Steam game cover

    IDLE BOSS RUSH

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

    Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Captain of Industry — Steam game cover

    Captain of Industry

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

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →