Single-player games like People
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to People, 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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Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with People.
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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SPORE™
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with People.
Be the architect of your own universe with Spore, an exciting single-player adventure. From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations.
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with People.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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The Magic Circle
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with People.
In this darkly comedic story, you are the hero of an unfinished fantasy game, and your designers have failed you. Steal the power of a game god - trap their creations, swap behaviors and body parts, crafting your own unique solutions to free-form puzzles. Can you release a game ...from the inside?
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Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with People.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.
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Foundation
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with People.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with People.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
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Party Hard 2
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with People.
It's 3am and you just want to get some sleep. Welcome back to Party Hard! Stop parties using hundreds of new ways, incidentally destroy a drug syndicate, and save the Earth from an alien invasion. May the chickens be with you!
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Tree Simulator 2022
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with People.
It's exactly what it sounds like, but now with 100% more multiplayer. You are the tree and so is everyone else! You are equaled by no other, except maybe the forest... Relax and be the best tree you can be.
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Tree Simulator 2023
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with People.
It's exactly what it sounds like! Have you ever wanted to be a tree? Do you like odd numbers? How about multiplayer, weather, seasons and more!? Well then this is the game for you! Come on down to a place where you will never want to leaf. Relax and be the best tree you can be. 1-250 players.
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Tree Simulator 2020
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with People.
It's exactly what it sounds like. You are the tree! You are equaled by no other. Relax and be the best tree you can be.
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V.T.
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with People.
V.T. is a game where you live through the eyes of the protagonist throughout various horror stories a mix of fiction and non-fiction. Survive and explore the worlds within each story as you navigate unique sandbox environments with utterly terrifying atmospheres. 1-8 players.
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James Town Courier Frog MD
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with People.
Welcome to James Town! The Jungle driver is on drugs and is leaving packages in the wrong locations! It is up to Courier Frog MD to fix it. Using your Medical Degree, you must find the lost packages and deliver them!
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Prison Forever
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with People.
You play as yourself in an alternate reality. In this reality you are in prison forever. It's over, you got caught, just accept it. You can do literally nothing but be in your prison cell for the rest of time. You get a bed, toilet, and a window that shows you the real time of day! There is no way to escape so don't try. Enjoy!
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Tree Simulator 2021
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with People.
Wood you like marginally improved graphics? Do you like leafing it all behind and taking root in some random field? If so, you are a tree, be the best tree you can be. Prepare for a deeper and more detailed understanding of what it is to be a tree. A true work of art.
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Deer Hunter xTreme Focal Plane
Single-player alternative to People — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with People.
It's open season! The deer are overpopulating as we speak. Sgt. O'doyle must thin the herd!