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Single-player games like Atomic Society

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Atomic Society, 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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    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic — Steam game cover

    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

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

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Buoyancy — Steam game cover

    Buoyancy

    Single-player alternative to Atomic Society — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Atomic Society.

    Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.

    2019StrategyIndieEarly Access12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Planetbase — Steam game cover

    Planetbase

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

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dawn of Man — Steam game cover

    Dawn of Man

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

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endzone - A World Apart — Steam game cover

    Endzone - A World Apart

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

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frostpunk — Steam game cover

    Frostpunk

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

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infection Free Zone — Steam game cover

    Infection Free Zone

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

    Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ostriv — Steam game cover

    Ostriv

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

    Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RimWorld — Steam game cover

    RimWorld

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

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tropico 4 — Steam game cover

    Tropico 4

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

    The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.

    2011StrategySimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banished — Steam game cover

    Banished

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

    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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    Fallout 4 — Steam game cover

    Fallout 4

    Single-player alternative to Atomic Society — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tropico 6 — Steam game cover

    Tropico 6

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

    El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.

    2019StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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