Single-player games like DeadLock
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to DeadLock, 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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Mini Motorways
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with DeadLock.
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
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Please Fix The Road
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DeadLock.
Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DeadLock.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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Can't Live Without Electricity
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DeadLock.
Can't Live Without Electricity is a 3D relaxing puzzle game in which you supply electricity by connecting houses to power plants.
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rymdkapsel
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DeadLock.
Build a space station. Command the tiny crew. Explore the galaxy. A meditative space strategy game.
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Train Valley
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DeadLock.
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
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Automachef
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DeadLock.
Welcome to Automachef, a resource management puzzler where you design kitchens, program machinery and watch your genius come to life! It’s time to engineer tomorrow’s kitchen, today!
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Masterplan Tycoon
Single-player alternative to DeadLock — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DeadLock.
Welcome to the resource management game where your creativity and logistics skills are put to the test! In this minimalistic simulation you will build interconnected chains of products and open new missions by completing various tasks to create the biggest system you can.