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Single-player games like Slime Factory

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Slime Factory, 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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    Industrial Petting — Steam game cover

    Industrial Petting

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    Industrial Petting is a cozy factory game about building an adoption empire of adorable pets! Play with friends or solo. Build happy pet pipelines, explore and farm an alien island, and fulfill adoption contracts from across the galaxy!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Research Story — Steam game cover

    Research Story

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Slime Factory.

    Set out to discover and record plants and creatures for the Violet Archive. Grow crops, tame animals, and build the perfect farm! Forge friendships along the way as you begin your life as a researcher!

    2025IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Havendock — Steam game cover

    Havendock

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Slime Factory.

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Autonauts — Steam game cover

    Autonauts

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Slime Factory.

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grandiose — Steam game cover

    Grandiose

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Slime Factory.

    Grandiose is a calming and creative base builder game full of botany, building and strategy. Land on the island that will become your domain in a universe soon to be borrowed from the ingenious and creative abilities of your mind.

    2021Indie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Ranchers — Steam game cover

    The Ranchers

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    The Ranchers is an open world country-life sim for 1-4 players. Raise animals, grow tasty crops, craft helpful tools and build your dream house. Explore the open world and earn the villagers' respect and esteem.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Out of Ore — Steam game cover

    Out of Ore

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Slime Factory.

    A casual heavy equipment experience. Mine ore, Move dirt, Build and repair.

    2022StrategyAdventureSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Time at Portia — Steam game cover

    My Time at Portia

    Single-player alternative to Slime Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Slime Factory.

    Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →