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Single-player games like FOUNDRY

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to FOUNDRY, 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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    Factorio — Steam game cover

    Factorio

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with FOUNDRY.

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with FOUNDRY.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orebound — Steam game cover

    Orebound

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with FOUNDRY.

    Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure12.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Icaria — Steam game cover

    Icaria

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with FOUNDRY.

    Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.

    2025SimulationEarly Access24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FortressCraft Evolved! — Steam game cover

    FortressCraft Evolved!

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with FOUNDRY.

    FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Techtonica — Steam game cover

    Techtonica

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with FOUNDRY.

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starground — Steam game cover

    Starground

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with FOUNDRY.

    Build a formidable factory and go dungeoning alone or with friends. Solve logic puzzles and automate resource collection and crafting, or venture into dungeons filled with dangers and rewards. Find your own ideal gameplay balance, as any unique path will advance the story!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation13.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure — Steam game cover

    Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with FOUNDRY.

    Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series — Steam game cover

    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anno 1800 — Steam game cover

    Anno 1800

    Single-player alternative to FOUNDRY — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with FOUNDRY.

    Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.

    2019StrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →