Single-player games like Ant Farm Simulator
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ant Farm 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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Ant Keeping Simulator
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant Farm Simulator.
Grow, feed and care for your colony of mighty ants in a realistic semi-idle simulation of ant keeping. Created in collaboration with ant keeping enthusiasts, Ant Keeping Simulator will be an accurate experience to ant keepers.
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Farmtale
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Farm Simulator.
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Farm Simulator.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Farm Simulator.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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Planetary Life
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Farm Simulator.
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!
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Autonauts
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Farm Simulator.
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.
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Farm Simulator.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
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My Little Life
Single-player alternative to Ant Farm Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant Farm Simulator.
A relaxing life-sim that lives on the bottom of your screen while you do other things.