Single-player games like Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story, 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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Office Life
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
Dive into a massive 2-million-word immersive life sim. Use card-based strategies to survive office politics, rise from a rookie intern to a business tycoon, and find true love. Career, Romance, Wealth—why choose when you can have it all?
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Love, in Debt!?
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
Love, In Debt!? is a romance simulation game. You once had a beautiful relationship, but overnight you were fired, cheated on, and even got yourself in a huge debt! In order to survive, all you can do is work tirelessly! But why does it seem like you became a chick magnet after you're in debt?
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메스가키 영애님!
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
"Twenty questions party with Young-ae!"
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Beach Love Shop
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
Welcome to Forever Summer City! You just moved to the city and you are ready to start a new business: a Beach Shop !
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在线教育开发实习生 Elearning Development Intern
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
An internship at an educational startup begins. No matter which computer is in front of you (inside or outside), you just need to, work and learn!
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Volcano Princess
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
Prepare the next monarch by finding her hobbies, training her for battle, and befriending the citizens she'll one day protect. Dive into an all-new parenting-simulator-RPG adventure, where every decision you make will not only affect the future of your daughter but that of an entire empire!
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花奴令 Huanu Poems
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
Huanu Poems is a multi-ending love adventure game. As a photographer, carrying the secret of being a bloodline inheritor of HuaNu Town, you will take lovely Peach to run a B&B, encounter gentle Cloudia. Your choices will affect the direction of the story.
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Sani Yang's Laboratory
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
You wake up in the world of anthropomorphic creatures. After finding you've been the subject of a certain lab's experiments, you must find the ulterior goals hidden from sight. Is this lab secretly a threat to the human world? Or is there more to it that you simply cannot understand?
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Vertical Slice: A Game Dev Story.
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.