Single-player games like River Town Factory
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to River Town 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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Builderment
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Builderment is a casual factory builder, where you are sent to far away planets to keep Earth going with fresh resources. Establish your base, then mine, build, transport, and ultimately design an automated operation that will save your home one shipment at a time!
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Chocolate Factory
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Build your dream Chocolate Factory among candy cane forests and gumdrop hills to produce the tastiest sweets. A delicious first-person factory automation game with a little exploration and combat. Confectionary conveyor belt heaven awaits!
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Alchemy Factory
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Start small, team up with friends, and automate production with conveyor belts, pipes, and magical devices. Stock your shop with potions, jewelry, and relics, complete commissions, and build an alchemy empire! Alchemy Factory 1.0 is out now with the Wagon Logistics System and revamped shopkeeping.
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ShapeHero Factory
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
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Block Factory
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Block Factory is a relaxing and creative building game where you craft delightful 3D figurines from blocks. Shape your designs and build flowing production lines in a peaceful factory world.
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Outworld Station
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town 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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Factory Town
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
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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Techtonica
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
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.
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Workshop Simulator
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Workshop Simulator allows you to repair and refurbish items using a range of restoration mechanics such as disassembling, cleaning, sanding and painting. The accompanying story will immerse you in the nostalgia of tinkering with your grandfather.
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Big Winner
Single-player alternative to River Town Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with River Town Factory.
In a future where the financial system has collapsed, the lottery becomes a lifeline for survival, with luck as the only currency. As an ordinary person in this predestined world, can you leverage the "Luck System" with courage and wit to rise from obscurity and attain the wealth others covet?