Single-player games like Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~, 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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Pure Farming 2018
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
Use the latest technology and state-of-the-art licensed machines to manage all aspects of modern farming. Travel between Europe, Asia, and both Americas to plant region-specific crops such as hemp, coffee beans, and olives. Farm your way thanks to three unique game modes tailored to both simulation veterans and newcomers to farming games.
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Hokko Life
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
Hop off the train and into your new life in the village of Hokko! Take over the old workshop and get creative; use crafted materials and design everything in town! With complete creative freedom, what type of town will you build?
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Rusty's Retirement
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
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Planet Zoo
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
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Autonauts
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
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Farm Manager 2018
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
Manage your own farm in the game Farm Manager 2018! To expand your farm business, produce cheap and sell your products in high prices. Control the process of land cultivation, employ the best staff, buy the most appropriate farm equipment, raise livestock and process the harvested crops.
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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
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Neighbor
Single-player alternative to Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Hippoboar Rancher ~かばいの牧場物語~.
Neighbor is an updated remake of a classic Japanese horror visual novel. Take the role of protagonist Yuuki Kae as she investigates the mysterious and terrifying events happening in her new apartment building. Fully voiced in Japanese, and localized to English for the first time!