Single-player games like I Missed the Apocalypse
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to I Missed the Apocalypse, 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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Deepworks
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Missed the Apocalypse.
Earth is gone. The fleet is hungry. Drop a Hub on a generated claim, find the seam, and let the robots dig. Every machine you build makes noise — and noise is how the machines that took the planet find you. Hold the line, launch with the take, sell it, and go deeper.
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Action & Automation
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with I Missed the Apocalypse.
Fight directly as a Commander in a 2D side-scrolling action-RTS while Flux and Forge build systems that keep working—and Shade infiltrates and disrupts the enemy. Gather physical Nuts and master three asymmetric machine species.
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Hostile Mars
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with I Missed the Apocalypse.
Hostile Mars is a factory-building game focused on combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech to unlock powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
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Cosmic Robots
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with I Missed the Apocalypse.
Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.
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Captain Edgar Giza
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with I Missed the Apocalypse.
It's a story of an impossible fight for survival on a wild planet known as Giza. Gather unique Weapon Units. Enhance the firepower and production capacity of the Outpost fighting alongside you. This is an FTD game - featuring FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building, and much more all at once.
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Freaking Meatbags
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with I Missed the Apocalypse.
Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.
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Golemworks
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with I Missed the Apocalypse.
A strategic fusion of automation game and tower defense
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Outpost: Infinity Siege
Single-player alternative to I Missed the Apocalypse — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with I Missed the Apocalypse.
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.