Single-player games like Idle Factory
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Idle Factory, 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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Androsystem Idle
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
Produce Androids and create a Fleet that will help you conquer new planets. Mine valuable minerals that will further increase your production capacity.
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From atom to modern
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
From the manufacture of monoatomic hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine and neon, to the creation of the earth, from apes to Homo erectus, to nuclear weapons, rockets, to artificial intelligence, to exploring the universe.
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Mining Factory
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
Can mine, can fight, and has sisters, collecting more than 30 types of ore such as iron ore, copper ore, manganese ore, chrome ore, vanadium ore, titanium ore, etc. Team up to break through the 100th floor
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Starvester
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Idle Factory.
A short incremental game about expanding a star-system wide factory to build giant megastructures in space. Deploy swarms of drones, mine resources, unlock upgrades and harvest the power of the stars!
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Upload Simulator
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
A incremental game about downloading files, uploading, and upgrading your setup. This is the official PC version of Upload Simulator.
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Fracture Field
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
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Astrodle
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Factory.
Ready for some chill time in space? Astrodle has you covered. Watch the numbers soar as you upgrade your ship and travel the stars. Oh, and you might just become a god.
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Military Incremental Complex
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Idle Factory.
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Dyson Sphere Program
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
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Idle Taoist Mage Warrior
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Idle Factory.
Are you familiar with the three major professions of warrior, mage, and Taoist. Simple placement gameplay.
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Zombie Survivors
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idle Factory.
Under the siege of a large number of zombies for 20 minutes.
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Idle magic herb
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
This game is a hang up game that integrates elements such as cultivating immortals, farming, playing strange things, and collecting cards. Protect the liver and protect the liver.
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Idle Cyber Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Factory.
This is a Cyberpunk style role-playing game. Players don't need a lot of operations, they just need to think about some strategies to complete the victory.
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Idle Hamburgers Save the World
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Factory.
Your goal is just to keep producing hamburgers and solve the global food crisis.
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Idle Banshee Alliance
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Factory.
This is a hang up combat game. There are various banshees waiting for you to collect in the game.
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Idle Simple RPG
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Idle Factory.
A simple placement game, which only needs to set the role to fight, can achieve full automatic combat.
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Idle Build RPG
Single-player alternative to Idle Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This game is an idle RPG game. Players only need a few simple operations to enjoy the joy of obtaining top-quality equipment.