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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Two Point Campus — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Game Dev Tycoon — Steam game cover

    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.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Two Point Museum — Steam game cover

    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

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tavern Keeper 🍻 — Steam game cover

    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!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mashinky — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Big Pharma — Steam game cover

    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?

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack — Steam game cover

    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.

    2014StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pizza Shop Manager — Steam game cover

    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!

    2021SimulationRPGCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Prison: Prologue — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →