Single-player games like Solar Settlers
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Solar Settlers, 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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Minos Strategos
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
You are the legendary Minos Strategos (general of the ancient city of Minos)! Command the defenders of the temple by harnessing the power of specific battle formations to push back the Minotaur hordes. Minos Strategos is a quick single-player strategy game with a focus on elegance and clarity.
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Axes and Acres
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
Axes and Acres is a deep and engaging single-player strategy game designed to create exciting decisions every turn. The rules are easy to learn, but every turn can be played out in many different ways in order to farm, build and survive.
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Militia
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
Militia is a tight turn-based strategy game that brings the thrill of victory to single-player. It's simple to pick up, and from the moment you start, you'll be learning and improving -- building your skills, learning new strategies, and ranking up on the single player ladder.
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Terraformers
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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Terraforming Mars
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.
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Gremlins, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.
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For The Warp
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
A roguelike deckbuilding game in space! Explore randomly generated systems, enemies and strange encounters. Build your deck, survive and reach For The Warp gate!
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SkyBoats
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
Ahoy SkyBoat captains! Today is your chance to learn to sail the skies, take control of the winds and discover vast riches up in the clouds. Even better, as you improve your skill at the game, SkyBoats will use your evolving rank to consistently give you a satisfying strategic challenge.
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Rolling in the Reef
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
Rolling in the Reef is a dice-driven strategy game about guiding your fishy friends to thrive in their coral home. Dive beneath the waves to build big fish combos, collect valuable artifacts and unlock wild new schools of fish.
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Militia 2
Single-player alternative to Solar Settlers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Solar Settlers.
Militia is back with more bite-sized strategy that evolves to match your skill! Beat back hordes of ruffians that challenge you in Beam and Push World!