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Single-player games like Settlers of Pineshore

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Settlers of Pineshore, 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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    Blind Descent — Steam game cover

    Blind Descent

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    Blind Descent is an open-world survival adventure that unveils the mysteries of the Martian depths. Play solo or with friends in 4-player co-op as you search for the missing team. Adapt to survive by building custom tools, upgrading the base, and/or mutating in this bizarre alien world.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Western Rye — Steam game cover

    Western Rye

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Settlers of Pineshore.

    Western Rye is an open world survival crafting adventure game set in the old west American Frontier. Create your dream outlaw! survive the apocalypse, grow crops, build your ranch, endure the weather, fight and forge your legend with friends or alone. In Western Rye, the wild west just got wilder!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stardeus — Steam game cover

    Stardeus

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Outlaws of the Old West — Steam game cover

    Outlaws of the Old West

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    Outlaws of the Old West is a massively multiplayer survival MMO with a huge world, thousands of items and a modular building system. Survive the wild, build your own homestead, defeat villainous bandits and work with others to tame the Wild West.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Colony Survival — Steam game cover

    Colony Survival

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie24.95 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Long Dark — Steam game cover

    The Long Dark

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kona — Steam game cover

    Kona

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

    2017IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banished — Steam game cover

    Banished

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Necrodungeon — Steam game cover

    Necrodungeon

    Single-player alternative to Settlers of Pineshore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Settlers of Pineshore.

    Fight the undead scorge. Upgrade your powers. Retrieve holy relics. Free the world. NECRODUNGEON is a procedural retro first-person dungeon crawler where you can combine countless powers to raise against the forces of evil.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →