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Single-player games like refarm

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to refarm, 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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    Farm BoYS — Steam game cover

    Farm BoYS

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

    In Farm BoYS, you can enjoy the cosy experience of an idle farming game. Plant crops, catch fish and raise animals to grow your farm. Upgrade your workers and buildings, fulfil marketplace orders and uncover surprises as your farm flourishes, even when you’re away.

    IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cornerpond — Steam game cover

    Cornerpond

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

    A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!

    2025IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Suizokukan Project — Steam game cover

    Suizokukan Project

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

    Turn your desktop into an aquarium! Fish, collect, earn, and decorate your aquarium. Suizokukan Project makes for the perfect companion while you do menial work in your computer.

    2025SimulationCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Widle — Steam game cover

    Widle

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

    Widle is a cozy 2D pixel-art idle simulation in which you tend a tiny desktop planter, watch your plant grow over time and use earned coins to unlock new species and decorative pot skins.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MR FARMBOY — Steam game cover

    MR FARMBOY

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

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plantera 2: Golden Acorn — Steam game cover

    Plantera 2: Golden Acorn

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

    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.

    2023IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Autonauts — Steam game cover

    Autonauts

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

    In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

    2019IndieSimulationCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rusty's Retirement — Steam game cover

    Rusty's Retirement

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

    A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stardew Valley — Steam game cover

    Stardew Valley

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

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    otters and stones — Steam game cover

    otters and stones

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

    Build up thriving habitats in this otter kind of clicker.

    2025Simulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    basecamp — Steam game cover

    basecamp

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

    Fight waves of mutated creatures in this roguelite tower defense game. Turrets can be used to defend or to harvest — you decide! How much can you secure before being overrun?

    ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →