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Single-player games like SYMMETRY

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to SYMMETRY, 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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    Astero Inc. — Steam game cover

    Astero Inc.

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

    Astero Inc. is a space mining simulation game where players will travel to a dystopian future in a tense competition for asteroid mining rights throughout the universe. Take on the role of a small business owner in an all-out fight against the mighty Black Corp.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Under Domain - Alien Invasion Simulator — Steam game cover

    Under Domain - Alien Invasion Simulator

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

    Under Domain - Alien Invasion Simulator will surprise you with a Sci-fi turn-based game completely different from others. How about turning yourself into an Alien and planning an invasion to Planet Earth? You can secretly influence human history and build war machines to exterminate human beings.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead in Antares — Steam game cover

    Dead in Antares

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

    Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surviving Mars — Steam game cover

    Surviving Mars

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

    There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.

    2018StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Drilling Station — Steam game cover

    Space Drilling Station

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

    In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!

    2026StrategySimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mechsprofit: Mech Tycoon Simulator — Steam game cover

    Mechsprofit: Mech Tycoon Simulator

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

    A mech tycoon simulator game. Mechsprofit takes place in the beginning of a mech industry revolution, where giant mechanized robots are as ubiquitous as cars nowadays. You, as a novice mech factory owner have to produce (profitable) commercial mechs in order to keep your factory running.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aven Colony — Steam game cover

    Aven Colony

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

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anno 2205™ — Steam game cover

    Anno 2205™

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

    In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.

    2015StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Frostpunk — Steam game cover

    Frostpunk

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

    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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    Sheltered — Steam game cover

    Sheltered

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

    Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter. 

    2016StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Journey — Steam game cover

    The Last Journey

    Single-player alternative to SYMMETRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with SYMMETRY.

    The Last Journey is an ultimate post-nuclear exploration game in which you travel the universe to find a new planet suitable for mankind to live on after the Earth was destroyed in a nuclear war.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →