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Single-player games like Dishwashing Simulator

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dishwashing 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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    Landlord's Super — Steam game cover

    Landlord's Super

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

    Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    House Designer : Fix & Flip — Steam game cover

    House Designer : Fix & Flip

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

    House Designer is a simulator that allows you to try yourself as an interior and landscape designer, using your imagination, creativity and creative ideas. Buy abandoned houses, renovate and decorate them. Give them a second life and live in them or sell them for a profit!

    2023SimulationCasualEarly Access11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cash Cleaner Simulator — Steam game cover

    Cash Cleaner Simulator

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

    Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

    2025IndieSimulationCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Techtonica — Steam game cover

    Techtonica

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

    Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dwarf Fortress — Steam game cover

    Dwarf Fortress

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

    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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    Recycling Center Simulator — Steam game cover

    Recycling Center Simulator

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

    Recycling Center Simulator is a business simulator game with a first person view. Make money from garbage, collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improve your factory.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    House Flipper — Steam game cover

    House Flipper

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

    House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!

    2018IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RimWorld — Steam game cover

    RimWorld

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

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GROUND-UNBOUND — Steam game cover

    GROUND-UNBOUND

    Single-player alternative to Dishwashing Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    GROUND-UNBOUND is a procedurally generated, high-intensity movement shooter with a retro wave art style. It features roguelike mechanics with a number of skills, guns and abilities to play with, including a variety of enemy types. Created during the 7-Day BigFry Game Jam, updated for steam release.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →