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Single-player games like Game of Life: Time

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Game of Life: Time, 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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    Grid Realm — Steam game cover

    Grid Realm

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Game of Life: Time.

    A lightweight city-building game with LowPoly style. No complex management or resource systems here—just pure and simple building. Choose your favorite buildings and create your ideal city according to your preferences.

    2026SimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bridges & Docks — Steam game cover

    Bridges & Docks

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Game of Life: Time.

    Build the island of your dreams - either by hand or using procedural generation tools. Create cozy islands while completing objectives to unlock new items & tools. Adjust the quantity of bridges, the maximum height of the terrain, and meticulously tweak configurations to create unique island worlds!

    2024IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alien Land — Steam game cover

    Alien Land

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Game of Life: Time.

    This is a special simulation tower defense game, where you need to command each citizen to build a base. To produce food, one also needs to resist monsters from the night.if you want to pass the level, it has a certain difficulty and requires you to have a certain strategy and observation rules.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bombing!!: A Graffiti Sandbox — Steam game cover

    Bombing!!: A Graffiti Sandbox

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Game of Life: Time.

    Bombing!! is a creative graffiti sandbox where every inch of the environment can be painted.

    2021IndieSimulationCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Atlas Architect — Steam game cover

    Atlas Architect

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Game of Life: Time.

    A creative game where your imagination is your limit.

    2021SimulationCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mini Zen Garden — Steam game cover

    Mini Zen Garden

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Game of Life: Time.

    Create your own mini zen garden in this calming sandbox game. Decorate your beautiful garden with a minimalistic set of objects. Share your garden with others, sit back, and relieve your day’s stress.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Please Fix The Road — Steam game cover

    Please Fix The Road

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Game of Life: Time.

    Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Awe — Steam game cover

    Awe

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Game of Life: Time.

    Awe is a god-game about expressing one’s creativity by shaping and building planets’ ecosystems in a soothing and relaxing ambiance carried by beautiful, minimalist lowpoly 3D art style and atmospheric music.

    2015IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle Combat — Steam game cover

    Castle Combat

    Single-player alternative to Game of Life: Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Game of Life: Time.

    RTS, but the soldiers will act automatically: Each soldier has different characteristics/attribute values/action methods. Choose the appropriate soldiers and buildings according to the battlefield situation, and destroy the opponent's castle only through your strategy rather than operation!

    2025StrategyCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →