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Single-player games like Children of Orc

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Children of Orc, 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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    Glory of Rome — Steam game cover

    Glory of Rome

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    Expand the Empire in the name of Rome. Build, manage and grow settlements in this resource driven city builder. You'll create resource, trade goods and cater to the needs of your citizens. The Senate calls administrator, don't keep them waiting.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    COPA CITY — Steam game cover

    COPA CITY

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    An economic strategy where top football clubs entrust you with organizing their matches. Build in the city, manage its structures and stadium, provide entertainment, food, and security for fans. Your success is measured by Match Readiness.

    2026SportsStrategySimulation31.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pioneers of Pagonia — Steam game cover

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wingspan — Steam game cover

    Wingspan

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

    2020StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Railway Empire 2 — Steam game cover

    Railway Empire 2

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ISLANDERS — Steam game cover

    ISLANDERS

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.

    2019StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ISLANDERS: New Shores — Steam game cover

    ISLANDERS: New Shores

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ancient Cities — Steam game cover

    Ancient Cities

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banished — Steam game cover

    Banished

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    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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    The Little Crane That Could — Steam game cover

    The Little Crane That Could

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The Little Crane is back! And it brought its friends to play in the dirt. Driving and operating heavy machinery is a blast! Test your operating skills in this simulator game with a diverse set of challenges. Use the crane to load an unload, the bulldozer to shape the terrain, and an excavator to dig up the terrain.

    2015IndieSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Imhotep, Pyramid Builder — Steam game cover

    Imhotep, Pyramid Builder

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Children of Orc.

    Do you like watching others do all the work?Cats do!In this unique game (AVX req'd) you plan, direct and oversee the construction of a Pyramid in Ancient Egypt.Organize agriculture, plan the village, direct the building and watch thousands of workers on screen, in real time.Build it, stone by stone!

    2016StrategySimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flank That Tank! — Steam game cover

    Flank That Tank!

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Twin Stick Shooter where everything breaks!Smash through walls, punch through obstacles, every thing is possible in the game with procedural destruction.In 22 fun-packed levels, you crash through anything to mop up all opponents.

    2018Action5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hexa Trains — Steam game cover

    Hexa Trains

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Lay the tracks, schedule the trains, and let the planet's economy thrive. Are you the infrastructure-hero that has the chops to manage inter-global transport? Find out in... Hexa Trains!

    2019Simulation16.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ring Miner — Steam game cover

    Ring Miner

    Single-player alternative to Children of Orc — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    An open world space mining game. Explore a vast planetary ring where every spot on every rock can be mined for minerals. Use your transport ship to drop off the mining rover, anywhere in the ring system, and start digging! Your capable 6-wheeled rover can climb many obstacles.

    2020IndieSimulationEarly Access9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →