Single-player games like Shipping Manager
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Shipping Manager, 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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Cyber Prison Management
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
You are tasked with managing 8 prisoners in a flying space prison for 30 days with your camera system. You’ll need to manage the stock market, hostile ships, and keep prisoners in line. Or play as one of the prisoners, hiding and trying to escape. But be careful - danger is always around the corner.
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Settle and Battle: New Empires
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
A homage to classic real-time strategy games. Gather resources, build an empire, and command powerful armies to conquer the world. Lead six unique tribes, expand your territory, and engage in epic battles with hundreds of units on screen. Dominate in 18 missions and procedurally generated maps!
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Colonial Winds
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Grow your colony from a small outpost into a thriving nation in this city-building game. Step into the shoes of a colonial governor as you build production chains, establish trade, meet the needs of your citizens, and guide your settlement toward self-rule.
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Dacan Express: Logistic manager
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Welcome to Dacan Express! Build, manage, and expand your own logistics empire in this solo-developed management game. Hire staff, negotiate contracts, and keep your couriers on the move. 👉 Please Wishlist the game on Steam!
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Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shipping Manager.
A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines! Build your colony and ensure supplies for your people. Automate industrial ships and create combat groups to defend against waves of enemies.
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Corsair Cove
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
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Flooded
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.
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Space Drilling Station
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
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Railroad Manager
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shipping Manager.
Build tracks, drive trains, transport passengers and goods! Relaxed railway construction in retro style with a large campaign and countless missions and maps.
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Euro Truck Simulator
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shipping Manager.
The original Euro Truck Simulator - the game which has become the classic of the genre and is still relevant today. The first truck simulation game in a European setting, with European long haul trucks!
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Port of Call
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Imagine waking up on a small dock with no recollection of who you are or how you got there. The first person you find is a grumpy, old man who enlists you to work on his ferry boat which seems to have materialized behind you.
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Airline Manager
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Free To Play with Shipping Manager.
Create and manage your own airline. Create both passenger and cargo routes all over the world while you upgrade and expand your fleet of airplanes and airports. Airline Manager is among the most realistic of its genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
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Ports Of Call Deluxe 3D 2024
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Ports of Call Deluxe 2024 in 3D Version of the The classic trade- and shippingsimulation. Create your own Shiptrading company and also lern how to navigate. Multiple Players and stereo. created by Rolf-Dieter Klein and Martin Ulrich starting with the classic Amiga Version.
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Farm Manager
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Create and manage your own farm. Strategize, expand, plant, grow and harvest the lands and breed prize-worthy animals in this immersive farm management game. Farm Manager is among the most realistic of the strategy genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.
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Tiny Rails
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Tiny Rails is a relaxing train management adventure. Travel across an immersive and meticulously crafted pixel world. Collect hundreds of beautiful cars, each with their own set of stats, to create your own unique multi-car masterpiece!
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Transit King Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Shipping Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Shipping Manager.
Build a thriving trucking empire as the manager of a growing logistics company in this exciting tycoon game. Manage a diverse fleet of trucks, semi-trucks, buses, and even ships as you transport goods and expand your empire!