Single-player games like Chernobyl: Simulator
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Chernobyl: Simulator, 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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Mossu
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Chernobyl: Simulator.
Grow real plants in your own microgravity cube-sat terrarium. Build, prune, water, harvest, and learn botany through a simulation based on real behavior.
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Money Makes Money: Historical Market Simulator
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chernobyl: Simulator.
Travel through 2010–2025 and trade historical stocks and cryptocurrencies with the benefit of hindsight. Build a fortune, survive unexpected costs, and uncover the story behind it all.
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Meco Rocket Simulator
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Chernobyl: Simulator.
Meco Rocket Simulator is a realistic physics game where you play as an underpaid rocket scientist working for Mecodyne to design and test rocket engines without regard for your safety.
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Biotope
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Chernobyl: Simulator.
Biotope will be the most detailed and realistic aquarium simulator on the market. Biotope makes it possible to create complex aquarist ecosystems and simulate realistic life cycles of plants and fish.
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SHADOWBOX: Mausoleum of Natural History
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chernobyl: Simulator.
Experience the story of life on Earth like never before with SHADOWBOX: Mausoleum of Natural History, a virtual, interactive, and free-to-play museum featuring 3D scans of real fossils.
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Ship Explorer
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Chernobyl: Simulator.
You know their stories. Now it's time to step aboard! Board iconic ocean liner and warships from history like SS United States, Morro Castle and more as you explore and learn about the secrets that made them into legends.
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Mars Horizon
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chernobyl: Simulator.
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
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Egypt Frontiers
Single-player alternative to Chernobyl: Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chernobyl: Simulator.
Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt in 'Egypt Frontiers.' As a master builder, construct majestic monuments, manage resources, and shape history in this captivating simulation game. Are you ready to leave your mark on the Frontiers of Egypt?