Single-player games like Per Aspera
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Per Aspera, 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
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
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.
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Stronghold: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Per Aspera.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
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Hammerting
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
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The Colonists
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Per Aspera.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Mini Settlers
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
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The Crust
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Per Aspera.
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
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Surviving Mars
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Per Aspera.
There will be challenges to overcome. Execute your strategy and improve your colony’s chances of survival while unlocking the mysteries of this alien world. Are you ready? Mars is waiting for you.
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Mindustry
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Per Aspera.
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
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Terra Nil
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
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Plan B: Terraform
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
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Planetbase
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
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Synergy
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
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Wildmender
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Per Aspera.
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
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Pioneers of Pagonia
Single-player alternative to Per Aspera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Per Aspera.
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.