Single-player games like Pocket Academy
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Pocket Academy, 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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Dungeon Village
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!
- 2
Mega Mall Story
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.
- 3
The Sushi Spinnery
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
- 4
Dream House Days DX
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!
- 5
Two Point Museum
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
- 6
Academia : School Simulator
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
- 8
Project Hospital
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Academy.
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
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Game Dev Story
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
- 10
Dungeon Village 2
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
- 11
Ninja Village
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Lead a ninja clan in the war to unify feudal Japan!
- 12
High Sea Saga DX
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!
- 13
Dream Town Island
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Academy.
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
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Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story
Single-player alternative to Pocket Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pocket Academy.
A simulation game where you create a wonderful sweets shop with Doraemon