Single-player games like Puffin Planes
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Puffin Planes, 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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Warnament
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puffin Planes.
A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.
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Bering Tonnage
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Puffin Planes.
Build and automate a cargo fleet across over 250 real-world ports in this maritime tycoon. Route ships through strategic canals, navigate tropical cyclones and geopolitical sanctions, and grow a small shipping company into a global logistics empire.
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Democracy 4
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puffin Planes.
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
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Rise to Power: Banana Republic
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Puffin Planes.
Take on the role of an ordinary citizen and build your political career: lead parties, influence the media, control institutions and decide the fate of Isla Paraíso.
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Hedge Fund Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Puffin Planes.
Are you ready to climb the ranks of the elite and become the wealthiest hedge fund in the world? In this thrilling new stock market game, you'll trade stocks, bonds, and use corruption to achieve your goals. Don't miss your chance to dominate the world of finance and amass a fortune.
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Aviation Manager
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puffin Planes.
Choose your origin, create a route to nearby airports, choose the right plane, set a schedule for your flight. Maximize the use of planes, airports, transit routes, etc. to earn wealth, and expand routes to the world.
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Mini Airways - ATC simulator
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puffin Planes.
Mini Airways is a real-time management game where you play the role of an air traffic controller. Clear your aircraft to takeoff & land, direct them to the destination...and most of all don't let them crash!! London, Tokyo, Shanghai... Test your ATC skills in distinctive maps around the globe!
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Election Tycoon: Trump vs Harris
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puffin Planes.
Election Tycoon is a real-time strategy game where you lead a campaign to win the 2024 US elections as Trump, Harris, or your own independent candidate. Influence states, color the US map in your party's colors, and outmaneuver your opponents in a high-stakes, map-based political battle.
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Sid Meier's Railroads!
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Puffin Planes.
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
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Mini Metro
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puffin Planes.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
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Pocket Planet
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Puffin Planes.
Pocket Planet is a casual puzzle game where you build small dioramas by dragging and dropping tiles.
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Airline Tycoon 2
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Puffin Planes.
Run a modern airline, design unique airplanes and grow a run-down carrier into a globally recognized company that passengers practically beg to fly.
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Puffin Planes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Puffin Planes.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.