Single-player games like Artist Life Simulator
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Artist Life Simulator, 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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BOOK OF HOURS
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
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Commander Quest
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Congratulations! You just found a 'one of a kind' roguelike that combines deck-building card game and auto battle strategy game! Consider unit counters, then create powerful synergy by breaking down the boundaries between the battlefield and cards, then lead your army to victory!
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
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Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Artist Life Simulator.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Dream Quest
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Play cards! Kill monsters! Level Up! Dream Quest is a roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the likes of Ascension, Magic: the Gathering, and Shandalar. Explore randomly generated levels as one of 13 classes in short, 30 minute, sessions.
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Nowhere Prophet
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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HELLCARD
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Cultist Simulator
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
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Death and Taxes
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Artist Life Simulator.
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
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Shortest Trip to Earth
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Artist Life Simulator.
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
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Monster Run: Downfall of the Empire
Single-player alternative to Artist Life Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Artist Life Simulator.
Monster Run is a dark fantasy beat’em up with roguelite elements. Fight as a giant monster cat protecting your home forest. Destroy massive armies of human soldiers and their allies. Evolve your attacks, master non-human tactics, and discover the joy of breathing fire.