Single-player games like Anime Studio Tycoon
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Anime Studio Tycoon, 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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Comic Book Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.
Start out as comic artist in small room and draw best comic you can and show off your work, replay the history of the comic industry., your decisions will make or break your studio. Create bestselling comics and become immortal with your stories.
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Two Point Campus
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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Two Point Museum
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
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Tavern Keeper 🍻
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.
From the creators of Game Dev Tycoon comes Tavern Keeper 🍻, a cosy-chaotic management sim, featuring a powerful decoration sandbox and a magical storybook RPG!
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Mashinky
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.
Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.
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Big Pharma
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anime Studio Tycoon.
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
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RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
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Pizza Shop Manager
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Anime Studio Tycoon.
Pizza Shop Manager gives you an opportunity to open and manage a pizza restaurant of your dreams. It's all in your hands. Toss it, flip it, make it. Create your pizza empire!
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Project Prison: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Anime Studio Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Anime Studio Tycoon.
Have you ever thought about the best place to start your criminal empire without any legal consequences? Now you will finally be able to experience prison life in Project Prison: Prologue. try to stay alive in a prison which contains’ s the world’s most ruthless inmates.