Single-player games like Redshirt
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Redshirt, 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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Rotted - A Brain Rot Simulator
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Redshirt.
The economy is gone, but your bills aren't. Scroll the feed to earn your survival from Potatron, a rogue potato AI harvesting your attention to build a robot army. Swat roaches, fight your dying battery, and stack quirky powerups in this addictive dark-comedy survival roguelite. Free demo live now.
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Age Of GoldFarmers
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Redshirt.
Age of Gold Farmers is a black comedy sim about a NEET youth surviving on in-game currency. After failing at life, he discovers "gold farming." Grind for items, track market prices, and grow your channel—all while dodging your parents' glares and managing your health.
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A Serene Trip
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Redshirt.
A fantasy sci-fi strategy visual novel, A Serene Trip takes you on a treacherous journey across space. You will need all of your wits and careful management of Adelaide's skills to survive to see your home again.
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G.O.P.O.T.A 2
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Redshirt.
Don't you keep the kid's word?!
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Reigns
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Redshirt.
Sit on the throne as a benevolent (or malevolent) medieval monarch of the modern age and swipe your royal controller either left or right to impose your will upon the kingdom.
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60 Parsecs!
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Redshirt.
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
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PowerSimulator
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Redshirt.
Do you want to be a upright official or corrupt officials?Choose your choice,Reaching the pinnacle of power.
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G.O.P.O.T.A
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Redshirt.
And you're a chubby guy?
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Magical Diary: Horse Hall
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Redshirt.
You have been invited to attend a magical school. You can make new friends, learn spells, face exams, run for class office, and try to find a date for the May Day Ball.
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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Redshirt.
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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Long Live The Queen
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Redshirt.
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
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Princess Maker 2 Refine
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Redshirt.
Princess Maker 2 Refine is a life simulation game which you play as a father of a girl, who had descended from the star. You have 8 years to raise your daughter from age 10 to 18 – your daughter will grow into her adulthood through various experiences.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Redshirt.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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Kudos 2
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Redshirt.
Kudos is a turn-based game that puts you in control of a single character and manages their life from age 20 to 30. You get to pick their friends, their job, and how they spend their free time, but there is a catch! You can only choose to do one thing each day, or two at the weekends.
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Space Quest™ Collection
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience a blast from the past with the complete, completely twisted Space Quest Collection.
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The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Redshirt — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Redshirt.
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.