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Single-player games like Model City

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Model City, 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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    Digit Factory — Steam game cover

    Digit Factory

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    《Digit Factory》 is a game that allows you to give full play to your creativity and enjoy the fun of thinking. Design your own pipeline to perform calculations on various combinations of numbers. In the endless demand, find a design that responds to changes with the same. Come , challenge your mind!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Match Village — Steam game cover

    Match Village

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Match Village is a minimalist puzzle and strategy game about merge buildings to create villages on colorful islands.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tile Tales Builder — Steam game cover

    Tile Tales Builder

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Build your village tile by tile in a relaxing game that blends puzzles with strategy. Carefully place each building to maximize your score based on the map's affinities. Simple, calming, and addictive.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mini Motorways — Steam game cover

    Mini Motorways

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Model City.

    Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?

    2021StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Turn on the light — Steam game cover

    Turn on the light

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Turn On The Light is a minimalist puzzle game.

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Townscaper — Steam game cover

    Townscaper

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Instant town building toy. Place housing blocks and watch them transform, piece by piece, into idyllic ocean-side towns, pastoral gardens, or sweeping cities on the sea.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    .projekt — Steam game cover

    .projekt

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Minimalistic puzzler about silhouettes from creator of Evo Explores

    2018IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Can't Live Without Electricity — Steam game cover

    Can't Live Without Electricity

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Choo Choo Survivor — Steam game cover

    Choo Choo Survivor

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!

    2023ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gamer To Game Developer Series 1: More Than a Gamer — Steam game cover

    Gamer To Game Developer Series 1: More Than a Gamer

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Welcome to the new GTGD S1, a Unity 2017 multiplayer tutorial for game developers. This training course is of intermediate difficulty so you should first be familiar with the basics of coding in Unity. This tutorial will teach you the key elements of the Unity 2017 multiplayer system.

    2014EducationSoftware Training24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guild Commander — Steam game cover

    Guild Commander

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    In Guild Commander you manage your guild to victory! Deploy your guild members and save your world from the Necro Lord!

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Weekend Drive — Steam game cover

    Weekend Drive

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Model City.

    Giants, zombies, aliens, dinosaurs, a fully destructible city with fun vehicles (including helicopter!) and weapons at your disposable, yes Weekend Drive is way ahead of the curve! Get set for a fun unique full on action first person shooter experience!

    2019ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Home By The River — Steam game cover

    Home By The River

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Model City.

    This is a resource gathering, crafting RPG, where you build your home from scratch and make whatever design you want. You start with a dead polluted land that you transform into a beautiful homestead by a river. Play single player or LAN Co-op.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zero Distance — Steam game cover

    Zero Distance

    Single-player alternative to Model City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Model City.

    Take the role of an Arabian freedom fighter defending against the hordes of Zion who have enslaved the super powers of the world! Seamlessly play top down or FPS. Defeat all 20 waves to win! Upgrade your weapons and abilities between waves to become powerful.

    ActionIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →