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Single-player games like Spiritlands

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Spiritlands, 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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    Endzone - A World Apart — Steam game cover

    Endzone - A World Apart

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

    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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    Rebirth evolution — Steam game cover

    Rebirth evolution

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

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hotel Magnate — Steam game cover

    Hotel Magnate

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

    Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ratopia — Steam game cover

    Ratopia

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

    Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure22.00 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aven Colony — Steam game cover

    Aven Colony

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

    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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    Guardians of the Sanctree — Steam game cover

    Guardians of the Sanctree

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

    You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — Steam game cover

    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

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

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Meeple Station — Steam game cover

    Meeple Station

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

    Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Abyss — Steam game cover

    Project Abyss

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

    Project Abyss is a deep sea adventure game where you explore as a diver, forced to survive a destiny that goes deeper than anyone imagined.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →