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Single-player games like Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management, 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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    Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator — Steam game cover

    Rec Center Tycoon - Management Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Design, build and manage a recreation center! Host fitness classes, build swimming pools, arcade & entertainment areas, build event rooms to host parties & much more. With endless customisation, Rec Center Tycoon goes much more in-depth than your average business management simulator.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Expresso Espresso — Steam game cover

    Expresso Espresso

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Expresso Espresso is a coffee shop management game with a great focus on in-depth coffee creation and market simulation. Roast different coffee beans from across the world, create different drinks from a variety of syrups and styles, manage your team of baristas to create the best coffee drink!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Casino Resort Tower — Steam game cover

    Casino Resort Tower

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.

    2023StrategySimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Supermarket — Steam game cover

    My Supermarket

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Manage your own supermarket, serving different types of customers and making the most profit you can! 🛒 Order products, restock shelves, play with your friends in co-op mode, chase thieves, hire employees, and grow your empire!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    One Military Camp — Steam game cover

    One Military Camp

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Big Pharma — Steam game cover

    Big Pharma

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mall Simulator — Steam game cover

    Mall Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Turn your building from a small shopping center into a huge city mall! To avoid going bankrupt, you’ll need to build new stores and restaurants, set smart prices, and keep up with trends. 15+ stores, dozens of machines & services, and hundreds of brands waiting for you!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual13.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator — Steam game cover

    A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prison Architect — Steam game cover

    Prison Architect

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Two Point Hospital — Steam game cover

    Two Point Hospital

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

    2018IndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic — Steam game cover

    RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.

    2017StrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection — Steam game cover

    Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.

    2018Simulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Zoo Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Monster Zoo Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prison Tycoon®: Under New Management.

    Build and manage the ultimate monster zoo. From fascinating abominations to world-ending horrors, your zoo isn't just for show – it's the cover of a secret (not very smart) cult. Kidnap visitors, turn them into creatures, and keep everything under control in this darkly comedic tycoon game.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →