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Single-player games like Cruise Ship Manager

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Cruise Ship Manager, 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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    Kapital: Sparks of Revolution — Steam game cover

    Kapital: Sparks of Revolution

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Sandbox economic simulation game about class struggle. European country is in a deep crisis. You are the mayor of the capital. Social unrest is inevitable. What price will you pay to save your people from anarchy?

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Another Brick in The Mall — Steam game cover

    Another Brick in The Mall

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Games Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Mad Games Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise of Industry — Steam game cover

    Rise of Industry

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banished — Steam game cover

    Banished

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Transport Fever 2 — Steam game cover

    Transport Fever 2

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jurassic World Evolution 2 — Steam game cover

    Jurassic World Evolution 2

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.

    2021StrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Foundation — Steam game cover

    Foundation

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creature Lab — Steam game cover

    Creature Lab

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Offroad Mechanic Simulator — Steam game cover

    Offroad Mechanic Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Service off-road vehicles and take them for a drive! Offroad Mechanic Simulator lets you modify many classic off-road vehicles and prepare them for daunting tasks that no normal car could ever hope to complete. Test your work and climb steep cliffs or drive through rivers and deep layers of mud.

    2023SportsSimulationRacing19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunted House Renovator — Steam game cover

    Haunted House Renovator

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Become a paranormal renovator! Explore and renovate haunted locations as you deal with pesky spirits that have fun at your expense! Decide if you want to be mean or nice to banished entities, you can also adopt some! Restore old furniture and decorate the interiors as you see fit! Make a profit!

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dieselpunk Wars — Steam game cover

    Dieselpunk Wars

    Single-player alternative to Cruise Ship Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cruise Ship Manager.

    Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!

    2021ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →