Single-player games like Heavy Works
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Heavy Works, 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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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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My Time at Sandrock
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
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Kenshi
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
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Junkyard Simulator
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
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Train Fever
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
It’s the year 1850, and there are great times ahead! Establish a transport company and be its manager. Build infrastructure such as railways and stations, purchase transportation vehicles and manage lines. Fulfill the people’s needs and watch cities evolve dynamically.
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Foundation
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
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Demolish & Build 2018
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.
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Loco Shortline Operations
Single-player alternative to Heavy Works — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heavy Works.
Openworld Railbuilder Simulator with Realistic Physics based Locomotives,Trucks,Cranes,Boats,Economy