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Single-player games like Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator, 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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    CritterGarden — Steam game cover

    CritterGarden

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    You are an astrobiologist stranded on a lifeless planet. Breathe new life into this mysterious world by gathering plants, animals, and research upgrades to help it grow back to its full potential. Collect, breed, and evolve over 90 cute and quirky Critters to help you on your journey back home!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunted Attractions — Steam game cover

    Haunted Attractions

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Build haunted theme parks and supervise ghosts in this cozy afterlife sim. Construct fun attractions, manage resources, recruit cute ghosts and haunt the park in order to spook and delight the guests!

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hammer & Harvest: Dwarven Roots — Steam game cover

    Hammer & Harvest: Dwarven Roots

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    A dwarf farm sim! The days of dragons'-fire have ended, and now the Dwarf King has commissioned you to reclaim the ancient halls. Grow crops, harvest crystals, mine ores, and craft works of awe & wonder. Enrich your home beneath the mountains before the Dwarf King returns to judge your progress...

    IndieSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Medicus — Steam game cover

    Medicus

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Step into the role of a medieval medicus! Manage your own medieval potion shop! Craft potions, serve customers, expand your workspace, and grow your reputation in a relaxing isometric simulation with strategic resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stardew Valley — Steam game cover

    Stardew Valley

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Travellers Rest — Steam game cover

    Travellers Rest

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Bodega Simulator — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Bodega Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Dungeon Bodega Simulator is a retro styled fantasy shop game where you can grow crops, brew potions, sell items and raise slimes as pets! Can you build up your bodega into a one stop adventuring shop while solving the mysteries of the dungeon beneath you?

    2026IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Seeds of Calamity — Steam game cover

    Seeds of Calamity

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout — Steam game cover

    Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The concept of this title, the latest in the series to depict a new "Atelier" world, is "True-to-life youths that develop together, even if just a little bit".

    2019RPGDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    World of Witchcraft — Steam game cover

    World of Witchcraft

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Immerse yourself in a world where ambition, magic, and lust intertwine.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Steam game cover

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

    2011RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Sims™ 4 — Steam game cover

    The Sims™ 4

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Portal 2 — Steam game cover

    Portal 2

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FINAL FANTASY XIV Online — Steam game cover

    FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.

    2014Massively MultiplayerRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Strange Horticulture — Steam game cover

    Strange Horticulture

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator.

    Strange Horticulture is an occult puzzle game in which you play as the proprietor of a local plant store. Find and identify new plants, pet your cat, speak to a coven, or join a cult. Use your collection of powerful plants to influence the story and unravel Undermere’s dark mysteries.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdom Come: Deliverance — Steam game cover

    Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    Single-player alternative to Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

    2018ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →