Single-player games like Idling Gears
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Idling Gears, 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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Idle Biceps
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Get ready to pump some iron and grow your biceps like never before in Idle Biceps, the ultimate idle clicker game for fitness enthusiasts! Start off as a novice gym-goer and work your way up to becoming a ripped bodybuilder by clicking your way to bigger and better gains.
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Incremental Dice
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Chill incremental game about dice making money. 🎲 Upgrade your dice to make more money, to upgrade your dice to make even more money! 😲🤯
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Gamblers Table
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
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Military Incremental Complex
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Scritchy Scratchy
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
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Black Hole Fishing
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Black Hole Fishing is an absurd incremental game about catching, breeding, and perfecting SO MANY fish. Catch a fish, optimize its traits, then stock your pond with it as you pour fish and science into an endless singularity!
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Cookie Clicker
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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Cult Nation
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
A short incremental game about sacrificing all your cult followers and collecting blood to awaken the devil.
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Magic Archery
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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AdVenture Capitalist
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
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Ducks' Wrath
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Play as a fearless Duck, burp and push your "friends" while hot dogs fall from the skies. Compete for the leaderboard highest score in the single player challenges. Oh, and don't fall from the slippery ice!
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Cards from the West
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Make your way through the dangers of the Wild West with your revolver and your deck of cards
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Excalibur's Swordstone Idle Forge
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Pull legendary swords from stones, upgrade your forge, trade with factions, and craft artifacts in this idle clicker game of medieval mastery.
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Brainrot Battle Simulator
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Create unique battles and find out who is the best Italian Brainrot character! 🐊🦈🐸 Choose your fighters and dive into chaotic fights-1v1, 5v3 or total chaos!
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DOMISNAKE
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Snake meets Dominoes in a turn-based roguelike. Each piece you place must match your head's pip chain carefully, eat apples, and outmaneuver rival snakes that hunt or flee across a grid that fills up fast