Single-player games like Prison Forever
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Prison Forever, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Prison Forever page.
Ranked picks
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People
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
People is a game where you control an island and the native population of people as an omnipotent being. Build towns, complete quests, puzzles, and help your people thrive!
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Deep Sea Tycoon: Diver's Paradise
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
A gentle, casual Tycoon game - sit back & chill out under the hypnotic waves. Breed sealife & raise money for your wildlife charity, then ensure the animals & divers are happy & healthy!
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Euphoria: Supreme Mechanics
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
The ability to discern hidden connections is both a gift and a curse. The covert mechanisms of reality do not reveal themselves to any and all, and there is a price to pay for this knowledge…
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Putin Life
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
Putin Life - a game that allows you to feel not only the leader of the Russian Federation, but perhaps the Lord of the world.Rob, steal, enslave.
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Broken Spell 2
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
Broken Spell 2 is an ARPG game. You will fight in blood with cruel and ferocious warlock and sorcerers for saving pretty girls.
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Stayhome Simulator
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
The game will teach you how to stay at home, make trips to the store, use masks and various antiseptics. Buckwheat, toilet paper, masks, city pass..
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The Monsters' History Book
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
Beyond horrible, odd and black feelings, while there is a sincere relationship.However,The horrors more terrible than all these, become increasingly clear as the two linger around in the school. The nervous history of the bizarre deaths replays again as the history book be opened.
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Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Forever.
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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Tree Simulator 2022
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison Forever.
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 Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison Forever.
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 Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Prison Forever.
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 Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison Forever.
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 Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison Forever.
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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Tree Simulator 2021
Single-player alternative to Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison Forever.
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 Prison Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Prison Forever.
It's open season! The deer are overpopulating as we speak. Sgt. O'doyle must thin the herd!