Single-player games like Showrunner
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Showrunner, 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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COPA CITY
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Showrunner.
An economic strategy where top football clubs entrust you with organizing their matches. Build in the city, manage its structures and stadium, provide entertainment, food, and security for fans. Your success is measured by Match Readiness.
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Power to the People
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?
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Parkasaurus
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Showrunner.
Parkasaurus is a dinosaur tycoon management simulation where you take care of your dinosaurs by constructing well-designed exhibits, researching specialized technologies, and maximizing profits to expand into the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Do you favor development for guests or your dinosaurs?
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Industry Giant 4.0
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Showrunner.
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Showrunner.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Kapital: Sparks of Revolution
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
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?
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Project Hospital
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
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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Two Point Campus
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
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Mad Games Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
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!
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Startup Company
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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This Merchant Life
Single-player alternative to Showrunner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Showrunner.
This Merchant Life is a trading strategy game set in the troubled medieval kingdom of Peregrine. Turn a rickety wooden cart, two horses and a few coins into a thriving entrepreneurial triumph!