Single-player games like The Farmer Was Replaced
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Farmer Was Replaced, 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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Pawn.OS()
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Pawn.OS() is a programming puzzle game where you use a custom scripting language to control a pawn on a grid. Solve 30 puzzles, learn logic step-by-step, and optimize your code to climb the leaderboard—even without any prior coding experience.
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Rusty's Retirement
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
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Droning On
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Write real Python to guide Gizmo through hazardous mazes, devious puzzles, and procedurally generated runs that don't end well. Learn to code, climb the leaderboards, and customize your robo-homie however you like.
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Programmer Dungeon Knightress
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Programmer Dungeon is a tactical game that challenges players to use logic programming to solve puzzles and progress through each level. Collect unique skills, use visual programming to automate your character, and defeat your enemies. Plan carefully and enjoy this exciting adventure!
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ABI-DOS
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
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Idle AI Factory
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Dive into the world of machine learning! Node Factory is a node-based automation incremental game where you harvest resources and train neural networks. Manage your economy, optimize your grid, and automate your way to a multi-Centillion dollar tech empire.
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Tiny Farmie
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Farmer Was Replaced.
An ultra-tiny idle farming simulation you can place anywhere on your desktop. Start your cozy farming life anytime.
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DumbBots
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Create an AI for your DumbBots to help them achieve victory! Learn the basics of coding with guns, explosions, and ragdolls.
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Screeps: World
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.
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7 Billion Humans
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Automate swarms of office workers to solve puzzles inside your very own parallel computer made of people. A thrilling followup to the award winning Human Resource Machine. Now with more humans!
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Turing Complete
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
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Bots Are Stupid
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Farmer Was Replaced.
An ultra-precise 2D platformer where you give robots instructions instead of directly controlling them. Master the campaign levels or create and share your own. “It’s Mario Maker with coding” - Lewis Brindley, Yogscast.
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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
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Automaton Lung
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
Make use of your special abilities to skate, shoot, and fly through over 40 unique locations. In a strange land with almost no information you must be resourceful and clever. Question everything you see and trust nothing you hear.
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Assembly Planter
Single-player alternative to The Farmer Was Replaced — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Farmer Was Replaced.
A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.