Single-player games like Idle Colony
Below are 11 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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Fill Up The Hole
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Turn trash into cash in a dystopian world! Fill Up The Hole is a short incremental game where you build a city, automate garbage production, and toss it into a magical hole for profit.
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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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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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(the) Gnorp Apologue
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual 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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Military Incremental Complex
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Idle Colony.
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
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Particul
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.
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Widget Inc.
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
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MR FARMBOY
Single-player alternative to Idle Colony — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Colony.
MR FARMBOY is a colony farming game with automation. Build your dream farm, grow crops, raise animals, attract villagers, and hire workers to automate everything.
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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 ?