Single-player games like TFM: The First Men
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to TFM: The First Men, 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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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TFM: The First Men.
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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Against the Storm
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with TFM: The First Men.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
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Sapiens
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TFM: The First Men.
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
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Empires of the Undergrowth
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with TFM: The First Men.
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TFM: The First Men.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TFM: The First Men.
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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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with TFM: The First Men.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
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Whiskerwood
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with TFM: The First Men.
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
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Noble Fates
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TFM: The First Men.
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to TFM: The First Men — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with TFM: The First Men.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.