Single-player games like Trains & Things
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Trains & Things, 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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Lawgivers II
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trains & Things.
Lawgivers II is a political sandbox game that features multiple electoral systems, approve/reject bills and govern a country. Start out your career from the very bottom, and perhaps one day, lead your nation to become the most influential in the world.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trains & Things.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
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Satellite Reign
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trains & Things.
Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trains & Things.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Trains & Things.
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Trains & Things.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
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Songs of Silence
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trains & Things.
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
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Rising Lords
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Trains & Things.
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
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Dog Fight
Single-player alternative to Trains & Things — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Trains & Things.
Battle head to head with up to 8 players (cooperatively or versus) or test your skill against waves of ever amassing enemies.