Single-player games like Ant Empire
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Ant Empire, 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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Crown Chained
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
From zero to legend — write your own epic comeback. Play as a fallen soul, build your team with loyal companions, overcome impossible odds, and reclaim your glory to rise to the top again.
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Dinosaur Simulator
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
Colonise a newly discovered planet with dinosaurs, give these creatures a new chance at life! More than 40 species of dinosaurs are waiting for you to bring them back to life after 66 million years!
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Schwerpunkt
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
Schwerpunkt is a World War 2 military simulation game. Take control of hundreds of units over a large frontline, making daring manoeuvres to push your enemy back. Fight in one of the scenarios given or make your own in the map maker.
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Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
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Reiner Knizia Yellow & Yangtze
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
Lead your dynasty to victory in the new digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
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Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
"Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms" is a single-player RPG where you shape the Three Kingdoms era. Choose to be a ruler, a loyal advisor, or a cunning mercenary. Marry, build homes, or train in martial arts. Restore peace through diplomacy or conquer with mighty armies.
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三国志-群雄涿鹿
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
本游戏主打休闲娱乐,抛开了传统的内政军事亲历亲为的操作方式,除了君主所在的城池需要玩家自己操作发展,其他城池的内政军事发展该城池的太守会自动模拟发展,战斗也不需要玩家亲自指挥,只需要坐着享受双方战斗带来的沉浸感,完全实现了三国模拟器的开发初衷,一切以模拟为主。
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FINAL GOAL
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ant Empire.
This game attempts to provide you with an immersive experience of storytelling and diversity while playing, and has explored some new gameplay methods.
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Tiny Civilization
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ant Empire.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
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Empire of the Ants
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ant Empire.
Conquer enemy nests and lead your colony through the perils of the forest in this groundbreaking RTS. Empire of the Ants is a photorealistic, third-person real-time strategy game where you command your insect legions in epic battles.
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Goosey Guess
Single-player alternative to Ant Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Empire.
Goosey Guess is a guess simulator with a goosey theme! Dozens or even hundreds of items will spawn in a 3D environment and you have to guess how many are in the container. Now Twitch interactive to let chat users participate in the guessing directly on the streamer's game.