Single-player games like Cosmic Buddies Town
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cosmic Buddies Town, 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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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
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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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Europa Universalis IV
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
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?
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
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Stellaris
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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Arma 3
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Buddies Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cosmic Buddies Town.
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.