Single-player games like Population Goals!
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Population Goals!, 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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Liberation Mutagenix
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Guide your comrades to freedom in this gravity-bending sci-fi puzzle game. Modify their genetic code, direct their movements, and provide them with the tools they need to escape.
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Reality Rifts
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Population Goals!.
3D platformer with a portal gun! Solve puzzles, exciting levels, become a master of portal travel.
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How To Bathe Your Cat: Impossible Mission
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Population Goals!.
Bathing a cat is a difficult task, but sometimes it's necessary. Use drills, blowers, rockets and a grappling hook to destroy the ground and make the water reach the cat! Can you complete this hard mission?
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MOVERS IN THE WAREHOUSE
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Population Goals!.
MOVERS IN THE WAREHOUSE is a puzzle game about workers in a warehouse with strategy and arcade elements, made in a 2D drawn style.
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TitTok
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Population Goals!.
TitTok - Minimalistic adventure 2D puzzle platformer with cats, explosions and spinning saws! TikTok ≠ TitTok
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Until We Die
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Population Goals!.
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
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Leap Year
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Population Goals!.
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
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PONCHO
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Population Goals!.
A robot, a poncho and a journey of discovery! Make your way through this wonderful world of pixelated parallax platforming to solve the ultimate puzzle: who is Poncho?
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The Dungeon Vendor
Single-player alternative to Population Goals! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Population Goals!.
Travel to dungeons. Meet new heroes. Craft new weapons. Collect the loot. You are The Dungeon Vendor. The world has become a dark place and heroes are answering the call. It is time for you to help them by creating powerful weapons… for a tidy profit of course.