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Single-player games like House Builder: First Job

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to House Builder: First Job, 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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    Tiny House Simulator — Steam game cover

    Tiny House Simulator

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with House Builder: First Job.

    Design and build custom tiny homes for various clients in this relaxing open-world building game. Create unique spaces suited to each client’s requirements, and dive into different layouts with the sandbox mode for total creative freedom.

    2024SimulationCasualEarly Access7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    True Visions — Steam game cover

    True Visions

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    True Visions is a game that you can design houses from top to the bottom as an architect. Start your carreer as a freelancer, climb up step by step and establish your own company.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdom Flipper — Steam game cover

    Kingdom Flipper

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    Peasants your time has come! Grab a broom and hammer, it’s time to flip castles! Take drab strongholds and transform them into palaces fit for royalty. Take jobs, buy land, and build your dream castle all for profit, of course!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Market Empire Simulator — Steam game cover

    Market Empire Simulator

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    Market Empire Simulator is a business management game where you build, run, and optimize your own supermarket. Manage inventory, hire employees, stock shelves, and expand your store to create the ultimate shopping experience.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WW2 Rebuilder — Steam game cover

    WW2 Rebuilder

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House Builder: First Job.

    Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Miniature Painter Simulator — Steam game cover

    Miniature Painter Simulator

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    Take up the amazing hobby of miniature painting! Run your own online store selling your painted miniatures & handling various jobs from clients. Create the most amazing miniatures with minimal limitations and even import your own custom models! Take a seat, grab a brush and relax.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue — Steam game cover

    Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue is a free business simulator game in which you make money from garbage. Collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improving your factory.

    2024IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ice Cream Simulator — Steam game cover

    Ice Cream Simulator

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    Run your dream ice cream shop in Ice Cream Simulator! Create delicious ice cream using a variety of ingredients, manage your business, hire staff, decorate your store, handle changing weather and different customers, and enjoy a relaxing first-person simulation experience.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Farmer's Life — Steam game cover

    Farmer's Life

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    🌾Unleash the Farmer within. 🚜 Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in "Farmer's Life," where you'll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farmstead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    House Builder — Steam game cover

    House Builder

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House Builder: First Job.

    Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aquarist — Steam game cover

    Aquarist

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    A relaxing sandbox casual simulation game where you perform various, even strange, aquarium-related tasks on very diverse levels. As an Aquarist you must create and manage a home to amazing fish🐟, sea turtles🐢, sharks🦈, octopuses🐙, and more🐬. Aquarium is their world and life. Make it worth...

    2024IndieSimulationCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pool Cleaning Simulator — Steam game cover

    Pool Cleaning Simulator

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House Builder: First Job.

    "Pool Cleaning Simulator is a PowerWash Simulator-esque cleaning game where you use a variety of tools to make filthy pools sparkling clean." The game recreates the entire process of cleaning, scrubbing, & maintaining various pools, from luxurious backyard havens to community swimming complexes.

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Snow Plowing Simulator — Steam game cover

    Snow Plowing Simulator

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    Experience the serene joy of snow plowing in this relaxing simulation game! Drive powerful plows, clear roads, and keep your town safe. Uncover a surprising story, face survival challenges, and tackle advanced weather systems. Embrace winter's chill and become the ultimate snow-clearing hero!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Junkyard Builder — Steam game cover

    Junkyard Builder

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with House Builder: First Job.

    In Junkyard Builder, you’re the proud owner of a once-forgotten junkyard, now brimming with endless potential. Dive into the satisfying world of restoration, recycling, and raw hustle as you transform trash into treasure and rise to become the ruler of the junk empire!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Forest Ranger Simulator — Steam game cover

    Forest Ranger Simulator

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House Builder: First Job.

    Take care of forgotten nature's treasure. Build, craft, feed, clean and manage your forest in Forest Ranger Simulator. Ensure its long-lasting beauty and become a flawless Forest Ranger!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Farmer's Father: Save the Innocence — Steam game cover

    Farmer's Father: Save the Innocence

    Single-player alternative to House Builder: First Job — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with House Builder: First Job.

    War breeds heroes you've never heard of. You are the ordinary person holding a huge burden of protecting what's most precious and innocent. Fight with hunger, wounds, cold, disease, and enemy cruelty. Defend your family and survive the war!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →