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Single-player games like Crafting Town

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Crafting Town, 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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    Craft Craft Craft! — Steam game cover

    Craft Craft Craft!

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Craft Craft Craft! As the name suggests, you produce items and sell them to other kingdoms, whether in our own city and develop our army and fight with other countries and villages.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Farthest Frontier — Steam game cover

    Farthest Frontier

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

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

    Gunsmith

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Build up your own arms manufacturing company. Find your factory, buy resources, produce a wide range of military equipment to sell to the highest bidder. Good or bad? That's up to you, who you do business with is your choice. Don't ask, don't tell, get paid. After all, war is about making money.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Travellers Rest — Steam game cover

    Travellers Rest

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

    Craft, farm, build and cook! In Travellers Rest you will have to use all the available tools to become the best tavern keeper in the realm. Create unique dishes and drinks to please your customers as you discover the world and its colorful characters.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Techtonica — Steam game cover

    Techtonica

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores — Steam game cover

    The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Founders' Fortune — Steam game cover

    Founders' Fortune

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shopping Empire Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Shopping Empire Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    This Game is Basically a Market Management Simulator. Make Your Store Get The Best Profit With Various Upgrades and Unlocks. Including Basic Clicking stuff, Managing Your Own Market , Upgrading and A game with the theme of reaching to going to next level.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Middle Age Conquest — Steam game cover

    Middle Age Conquest

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Start Your Country With The Most Suitable And Advantageous Flag For You, Always Make Your War Team According To Your Possibilities. Develop Your Country And Bring The End Of Other Kingdoms.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Menu Please! — Steam game cover

    Menu Please!

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

    You know you're a top class Chef, but are you ready to prove it? Show off your Cooking Skills, manage your Resources and Cook in huge Restaurants.

    2022IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shopping Center Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Shopping Center Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Shopping Center Tycoon Is : Market Simulation & Tycoon and Improve your market. Grow, Design and Manage your Shopping Center with the right Strategy.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon and Craft — Steam game cover

    Dungeon and Craft

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

    In this adventure with a total of 6 weapons, you will produce your own weapons and turn the mushrooms you collect from the forest into pots that you can sell. In the dungeons, you will fight against challenging creatures for 16 waves and improve your character.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chefs Together — Steam game cover

    Chefs Together

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    A coop coking game with light RPG features. Discover new recipes, level up your restaurant, and make sure your customers leave happy in this kitchen game. Best cooking simulator with multiplayer features

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Harvest Village — Steam game cover

    Harvest Village

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Town — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Town.

    Harvest Village is a resource gathering and crafting paradise. It is a mini city building game where we process resources and try to craft the most valuable items and complete various quests. Upgrade your buildings and become the best miner, cook and toolmaker.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →