Single-player games like Bold Ideas
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Bold Ideas, 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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Idle Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
Relaxing idle clicker game with various gameplay features. Challenging enough for hardcore players but it also can be fully completed.
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Interstellar Turtle Legend
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
The universe is at war, and you're just a bastard. What choice will you make: Survive through the cracks and survive, or be invincible and kill the Quartet? Can you still hold on to your heart?
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USD Clicker
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
The most simple clicker game with endless USD cash
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Cactus Simulator
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
Cactus Simulator is a game in which you can become a cactus.
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Eagle
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
Open your wings as an eagle and glide through warm mountain winds. Catch fish, soar over valleys, and race other eagles as you enjoy the calm, freeing feeling of flying above a peaceful world.
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生计与沉冤
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
《生计与沉冤》是一款写实都市生存模拟RPG。从青年旅社出发,在饱腹、健康、社会地位等层层压力下打拼立足——同时,在打工日常的缝隙里,探寻尘封多年的7.29工地事故真相。
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Life and death are predetermined by heaven
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
Angels, messengers from heaven. Representing holiness, goodness, integrity, the messenger of God's will, the spirit serving God, and the protector sent by God to protect believers from demon invasion.
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Love Tavern 2: Beastmen Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Bold Ideas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Bold Ideas.
After your death due to a car accident, you have been summoned by the goddess to take care of a tavern in an Isekai world. Your job is to hire different staffs from various tribes and races to help out the business there, as well as build up room by room of the tavern to expand the business.