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I recnetly started playing a game called "StarSector"
Basically Mount & Blade in space someone said.
Really good so far, have not played more than 30h due to lack of time to play due changed life/work situation.
Edit: forgot to say that it is Single player but tons of mods that feel very much in line with the game.
Fun fact, the devs encourage people to share a serial-key to those wanting to try out the game, so you don't need to purchase it in case you wind up not liking it.
Here's a serial-key courtesy of an edgy vtuber that uses a war criminal as an avatar: TEITW-HP9ON-A7HMK-WA6YA
Again this is not piracy, the Devs actively encourage this. Which is awesome. So if you like the game, buy the game, encourage this behavior.
Factorio
Vintage Story. It's a very good survival, very customizable experience too.
I think it's a game that shines best in a multiplayer civilization RP tbh but even as a single player game it's a very nice survival. It may look similar to Minecraft at first but it is very very different and in all the good ways.
Plus mod support is so good, by design, even the website itself has 1-click installs.
Oh and it has chiseling.
I hadn't heard of that, looks really good!
Factorio is great, how has no one mentioned it yet? Also Dwarf Fortress, Into the breach and "FTL - Faster Than Light".
They all have native ports and are moddable.
Factorial and FTL even have huge overhaul mods, that change most stuff so they don't really get boring.
Minecraft: Java Edition. You need internet the first time, but afterwards it's fully playable offline and also has LAN support built in.
Endless Sky is a pretty cool open source space game.
Also Dwarf Fortress.
Thanks for reminding me I had Endless Sky in my library!
Starbound! That game kicks ass.
Did they ever finish it or at least finish it enough? Played it a long time ago and it had so much potential.
Not really. But the game was open sourced a couple years ago and that with mods is pretty good.
Oh cool thanks!
Rimworld.
FYI - I've only downvoted you becuase OP already mentioned Rimworld and said he enjoys it.
Fair. I read faster than my brain processes sometimes.
It's such a fun game, always "maximizes narrative", as it says.
Similar genre: Necesse. It looks a bit ugly, but also very enjoyable.
Openttd trains for ever
Satisfactory, building game, a bit heavier on resources since it's 3d but it's good
There is also Factorio, game that inspired Satisfactory, less demanding on hardware as its using top-down view and retro graphics.
Kenshi. Sandbox rpg, citybuilder and more. Pretty unique and unforgiving, but the replayability is endless if you are into that sort of thing (lots and lots of mods as well).
I've played Stellaris for years, although I am really not liking the direction Paradox is going with their AI, and it really puts me off of their games.
NetHack
Endless fun
Valheim has a local server you can set up that has it work offline. Shame it's not on gog, but it's on Humble which I don't believe has online checks like Steam, but I had it working with steam offline mode.
Xcom 2: War of the chosen
Caves of Qud. I's like if Dwarf Fortress' adventure mode was actually good, and set in hyper-post-apocalypse scifi world where the very water you need to drink (or if you're amphibian, splash on your skin) is also the world's currency
It's a great game and all, but.. is it just me or is it a bit harder than would be expected? I would consider myself to be pretty decent at the genre, but I will usually die a stupid death on something not previously encountered while exploring, and since it takes a while to reach that stage again, I'll usually put it aside for a while and do something else.
Is it just me?
nah it's HARD. I just savescum constantly when I play it cuz I enjoy going deeper than the whole roguelike way would ever let me
Ok, makes sense then. Live and drink, friend.
Live and drink! <3
There is Luanti if you want something Minecraft like. It has a built in modding API and tons of mods available. It supports multiplayer over the LAN. It's also very lightweight, it will run on almost anything.
Do you know of Songs of Syx?
A bit like a large-scale rimworld, with a focus on managing a big population and world diplomacy/war.
A bit hard to get into, though.
Also, what about project zomboid? A bit far from your description I guess, but who knows.
Starbound and Terraria come to mind. Also Planet Centauri and maybe Stardew Valley.
Also Minecraft if a DRM-free version other than the Pi Edition (which is abandoned) ever comes.
Luanti is basically open-source minecraft
Technically, Satisfactory (3D Factorio, but more chill) allows you to host your own servers. You can host a server in your LAN, connect to server via IP -> enter the server's local IP.
There is also Terraria which is very low spec.