Single-player games like Black Forest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Black Forest, 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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Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Forest.
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Forest.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Kingdoms and Castles
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Forest.
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
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Of Life and Land
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Forest.
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
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They Are Billions
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Forest.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
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Patron
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black Forest.
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Forest.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Farthest Frontier
Single-player alternative to Black Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Forest.
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.