Single-player games like Satisfactory
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Satisfactory, 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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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Dyson Sphere Program
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
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shapez 2 - Factory
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Satisfactory.
Dive into a factory-building game with the focus on just that – building huge space factories! Design sprawling multi-level factories and satisfying production lines without limits. Tackle progressively challenging automation goals at your own pace, without the threat of enemies.
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Space Engineers
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Satisfactory.
Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.
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Core Keeper
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Satisfactory.
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
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FOUNDRY
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
Build a sophisticated robot factory optimized to perfection in an infinite voxel world. Mine and harvest resources, automate your production lines and manage complex systems while researching your way to become the galaxy’s leading robotics megacorp.
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Mindustry
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Satisfactory.
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
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.
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Subnautica
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Satisfactory.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
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Songs of Syx
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
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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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Satisfactory.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Travellers Rest
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Indie with Satisfactory.
Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.
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The Planet Crafter
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Satisfactory.
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Graveyard Keeper
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Satisfactory.
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
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Goat Simulator
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Satisfactory.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
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Sanctum 2
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Satisfactory.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
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Sanctum
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Satisfactory.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
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Super Sanctum TD
Single-player alternative to Satisfactory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Satisfactory.
Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core!