Single-player games like Idling Gears
Below are 17 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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Moose Miners
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
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PegIdle
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
PegIdle is a Pachinko idle game! Aim and shoot your balls to clear all the pegs on the board. Recieve gold by hitting the golden pegs or by landing balls into the moving bucket. Purchasing auto ball drop will automaticly drop balls onto the board. Spend your gold on new balls and ball upgrades!
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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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Incredicer
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Incredicer is a short, incremental dice game where you roll dice, earn money, upgrade and buy helper hands to automate and increase your income.
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Particul
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.
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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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Revolution Idle
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Join an experience where each revolution takes you further into the unknown! Revolution Idle challenges you to multiply your accumulators to reach unimaginable heights. Will you manage to reach infinity?
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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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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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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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Running in the Y2K
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Run, Jump and Hunt through procedurally generated levels to feed your family in the post-apocalyptic world of the year 2000 after the Y2K bug occurred. Compete against everyone in the leaderboards to show who is the best hunter in the new world.
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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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Blacksmith Weapon Merchant
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Welcome new warriors looking for their dream weapon, collect the needed resources, craft and sell them their desired weapon. Upgrade your garden so you can collect exotic resources and complete more lucrative recipes.
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Winnie-the-Pooh's book writing speedrunner
Single-player alternative to Idling Gears — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Idling Gears.
Write the complete 10 chapters of the original 1926 Winnie-the-Pooh's book as fast as you can and compete for the first place in the leaderboards.
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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! 😲🤯