Single-player games like Paper Islands
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Paper Islands, 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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Dominus Orbis Maris 1400: Mare Nostrum
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Islands.
DOM 1400: Mare Nostrum is an immersive maritime strategy and economic simulation game set in the Mediterranean during the 15th century. Establish trade routes, manage the daily needs of different social classes, and dominate the market through a realistic economy driven by dynamic scarcity.
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The Road To Harvest: Food From Across The Ocean
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Islands.
Become the God of Harvest, explore the world of food and adventure, plant, trade, and spread deliciousness to create your own path to prosperity!
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Age of Magellan: Sail the entire Planet
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Islands.
An open-world Age of Exploration sailing sim where you can circumnavigate the entire planet and relive the feats of the great discoverers. Navigate by sextant, trade across thousands of real cities, and maneuver your ship to bring broadsides to bear in real-time naval combat.
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Trade Empire
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Islands.
Trade Empire is a medieval trade strategy game. Create your merchant, start trading in your chosen city, and use diplomatic moves to take control of trade across the entire map and eliminate your rivals.
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Sailing Era
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Paper Islands.
Every voyage is a journey of "Sailing & Beyond" in Sailing Era! Navigate your fleet and sail for fun; run a business; have a romantic encounter in the tavern; capture pirates amid intense battle; explore inland for treasure... Experience foreign culture, make novel discoveries, and sail away!
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Nantucket
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paper Islands.
Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.
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Republic of Pirates
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Paper Islands.
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
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Terror of the Seven Seas
Single-player alternative to Paper Islands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Paper Islands.
Become a Mighty Captain in a Age of sail naval combat game, set in all of the Seven Seas! Sail the entire world: conquering, boarding, plundering, exploring and trading along the way! Gather your crew, ready your ship, hoist your sails and enter a world of swashbuckling and piracy!