Single-player games like Industry Empire
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Industry Empire, 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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1849
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.
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Empire TV Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Empire TV Tycoon is a game in which you manage a TV channel and fight for audiences taking decisions that will project your channel to fame and fortune.You will decide the content of your channel, select advertisers, hire workers, make your own productions, hire actors, and engage in much more activities!
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Oil Enterprise
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
In Oil Enterprise, you enter the multi-million dollar business of black gold as a shrewd businessman. Accept the challenge and grow from a small-scale en-trepreneur, investing in your first oilfield, to a global oil magnate.
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.
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Rise of Venice
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Venice: As a young man striving for success, power and wealth and with the support of your family, you begin to build up a trading empire across Genua, Tripoli, Rome, Alexandria and Constantinople in addition to many other significant cities from the Renaissance. This is where your story begins...
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TransOcean 2: Rivals
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
In TransOcean 2: Rivals you face a new challenge as the boss of your own shipping line in both single-player and - for the first time - multiplayer mode: The international competition has gotten a lot tougher and the battle for the most lucrative contracts has only just begun.
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
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.
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Project Hospital
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
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Capitalism 2
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.
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Sleeping Dogs
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
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Farming Giant
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Industry Empire.
The legacy of the critically acclaimed Giant games, already continued by the successful "Train Giant“, highlights now the popular theme Agriculture up to a new level in “Farming Giant”, presented by UIG. In the best tradition of the giants-series the player will get a first-class business simulation crafted with a lot of details.
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Transport Giant
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
It's the year 1850 - The world is changing. A new era of mass production and mass transportation has begun. For a smart businessman there are many opportunities. With a little money and good ideas you can establish a business empire.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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Industry Giant
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
In Industrial Giant you have to find a route to profit to prove your management skills in this resource management business simulation. Experience the soaring heights and the shattering depths of being an industrial giant!
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Rise of Industry
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
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RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
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Agricultural Simulator 2013 - Steam Edition
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Industry Empire.
Best In Farming!An idyllic farming environment surrounded by inviting & untilled mountain panoramas set in the beautiful landscapes of Tuscany, The Alps and USA await all fans of the Agricultural Simulator series.
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Skyscraper Simulator
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Industry Empire.
You're a constructer and you’ve specialized in the "bringing up" of skyscrapers. Due to your specialization over the years you constantly get new orders for higher and higher skyscrapers in town. Within your responsibilities are the planning, the supply with construction materials and the worker management.
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Agricultural Simulator 2011: Extended Edition
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Assume the role of a farmer to make and manage your land. Invest in CLAAS machinery, crops, livestock, and other improvements.
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Agricultural Simulator: Historical Farming
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Industry Empire.
Enjoy being a farmer between 1950 and 1970 in the Agricultural Simulator – Historical Farming. The game takes you to the good old days and you will experience the charming farming of the 60's and 70's. Fans of nostalgia and history will be glad to work with original designed machines and to till a field with well known Old-timer Tractors.
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HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Industry Empire.
A colorful but challenging blend of classic RTS and tower defense. Build, expand, research, and defend your alien colony as you race to construct a teleportation device and escape a dying star.
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schleich® DINOSAURS: Mission Dino Camp
Single-player alternative to Industry Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Find and rescue the schleich® DINOSAURS in an action filled adventure deep in the amazon jungle !