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Single-player games like Drugs and Crime Idle

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Drugs and Crime Idle, 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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    Slots & Diapers — Steam game cover

    Slots & Diapers

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    Absurd incremental game where you turn even liquid assets into financial glory! Spin for jackpots and hire veteran gamblers to automate the madness. Use permanent upgrades and 'mishaps' to accelerate your progress! Simple. Messy. Addictive.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ScaMMO — Steam game cover

    ScaMMO

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    Incremental game where you play as a frustrated rich MMO veteran promising to make the next WoW killer. How far will you get before cashing out?

    2026StrategySimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last $50 — Steam game cover

    Last $50

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    Build a drug empire with your last $50. Buy production, upgrade it, and hire workers to automate.

    2026IndieSimulation4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Patient Zero: Plague Idle — Steam game cover

    Patient Zero: Plague Idle

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    Patient Zero: Plague Idle is an idle / incremental outbreak builder where you create the perfect pathogen through mutation trees, global infection, long-term upgrades, and new pathogen unlocks. Turn the world into your lab.

    StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gamblers Table — Steam game cover

    Gamblers Table

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Human: Profit — Steam game cover

    Human: Profit

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    An accurate depiction of our world, baked into a short, classic incremental game. Take over Grandpa's farm, rebuild the town, and do whatever it takes to succeed. Also rabbits.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Singularity Simulator: Click Is All You Need — Steam game cover

    Singularity Simulator: Click Is All You Need

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    A clicker/incremental game themed around the technological singularity. Use AI to streamline AI development, build data centers and power plants, and venture into space in pursuit of even more power.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Market Chain 98 — Steam game cover

    Market Chain 98

    Single-player alternative to Drugs and Crime Idle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Drugs and Crime Idle.

    Build your Market Chain in this retro incremental game set inside a nostalgic 90s operating system. Start with a small shop, manage bank loans, expand your logistics hubs, and unlock global upgrades through your Portfolio. Fill your desktop with windows and dominate the market!

    SimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →