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Single-player games like Global Farmer

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Global Farmer, 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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    Farmington County: The Ultimate Farming Tycoon Simulator — Steam game cover

    Farmington County: The Ultimate Farming Tycoon Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    Farming & town living sim. Develop the farm of your dreams using tools, tractors, trucks & other vehicles. Build cabins, sheds, barns, and more! Hire workers to help out in your farm. Grow thousands of crops, raise hundreds of livestock and explore the world of Farmington County!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dwarf Fortress — Steam game cover

    Dwarf Fortress

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Autonauts — Steam game cover

    Autonauts

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Global Farmer.

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Assembly Planter — Steam game cover

    Assembly Planter

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    A farming / automation game, that allows you to progress from a poor hard-working farmer with just a few old tools to a lazy rich guy that watches his machines do the work for him while he tries to optimize production.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation — Steam game cover

    Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Havendock — Steam game cover

    Havendock

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sumerians — Steam game cover

    Sumerians

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

    2023StrategySimulation16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terroir — Steam game cover

    Terroir

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    Terroir is a 3D tile-based tycoon game where you manage your very own vineyard. In Terroir, you grow a variety of different grape varietals, craft your wine, and expand and manage your Chateau, all the while dealing with the weather and events that can either make or break your business.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zombie Cure Lab — Steam game cover

    Zombie Cure Lab

    Single-player alternative to Global Farmer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Global Farmer.

    In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

    2025StrategySimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →