Single-player games like Idle Colony
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Idle Colony, 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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(the) Gnorp Apologue
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
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Clicky Coven
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Idle Colony.
Clicky Coven is an incremental game about building a witch coven. Assign witches to gather ingredients, brew potions, and sell them to earn gold. Spend gold to get more witches and pick from upgrades to enhance them. Use prestige upgrades to strategize on how you want your coven to become rich.
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Moose Miners
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.
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Rusty's Retirement
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
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IDLE BOSS RUSH
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!
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Kiwi Clicker - Juiced Up
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Deliver more and more kiwis to satiate the kings' hunger - sacrifice their pulp and transcend beyond your fruital form!
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Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
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Gamblers Table
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
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Cookie Clicker
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
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Breakthrough
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Breakthrough is an hardcore roguelike-shooter with high risk/rewards mechanics. Help Clunky see the sunset behind the mountain by fighting tireless monsters. Both balanced and very difficult, Breakthrough will conquer the heart of thoses seeking a great challenge.
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Duck's Despair
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Idle Colony.
Embark on a brutally hard platforming journey as a desperate Duck who cannot fly. Will you make the pain your friend or give up on your dreams ?
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Human: Profit
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Colony.
An accurate depiction of our world, baked into a short, classic incremental game. Take over Grandpa's farm, rebuild the town, and do whatever it takes to succeed. Also rabbits.