Single-player games like Industry Giant 2
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Industry Giant 2, 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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Transport Giant
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
It's the year 1850 - The world is changing. A new era of mass production and mass transportation has begun. For a smart businessman there are many opportunities. With a little money and good ideas you can establish a business empire.
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Anno 2205™
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
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Industry Giant 4.0
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
Build an industrial empire from scratch in Industry Giant 4.0. Produce goods, build up your industries, construct transportation networks, plan production, manage finances, and navigate global events. Become the next business tycoon and write history!
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Banished
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
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Northgard: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
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SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
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Grand Ages: Medieval
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe.
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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Industry Giant 2.
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
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Idle Transport Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
Enjoy fast, stress-free management! Build your service network, merge houses, and transport guests via train & ropeway. Upgrade facilities, hire staff, and climb the leaderboards in this bite-sized tycoon experience designed to be finished in one sitting; but still runs well in background.
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Transport Tycoon Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
Transport Tycoon Deluxe challenges you to become the ultimate Transport Tycoon by creating a transit empire. Build a network of trains, trucks, ships, planes, and more to grow your business, make money, and fend off rivals in this 1995 building sim from Chris Sawyer.
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School Bus Fun
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Taking your daughter to school sounds dead easy. But more than a dozen different kids all with different demands makes School Bus Fun a challenging time management game.
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Fantastic Pinball Thrills
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
Are you ready for the ultimate Pinball challenge? The authentically detailed Pinball tables are inviting you to a round of thrilling arcade action. The modern technology ensures a top-notch, state-of-the-art physics simulation.
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Hot Pinball Thrills
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
These 3 HOT pinball tables are the ultimate joy for fans of action packed arcade rounds. Thanks to state-of-the-art technology you’ll experience a premium physics simulation. Amazingly detailed, right down to realistic reflections, this game delivers the most intense pinball experience.
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Soccer Pinball Thrills
Single-player alternative to Industry Giant 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Industry Giant 2.
Choose the table, shoot the ball, and embark on the fast-paced hunt for high-score. Thanks to the state-of-the-art physics, these high-speed pinballs react with total realism. The 3 varied soccer-themed tables will give you the ultimate “kick”.