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Single-player games like ESports Simulator

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to ESports Simulator, 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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    Football Life Simulator — Steam game cover

    Football Life Simulator

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ESports Simulator.

    Live the life of a professional footballer both on and off the field. Train, play matches, manage your social life, climb the career ladder, and spend your earned money. Decorate your life with luxury while managing your relationships and finances.

    2025SportsIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King of Retail 2 — Steam game cover

    King of Retail 2

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ESports Simulator.

    Build a retail empire across dozens of locations with hundreds of employees. Design every inch of your stores with a deep building tool, then fine-tune pricing, staffing, and product mix to stay profitable. Scale up, customize everything, and manage the details that make or break your bottom line.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Pharmacy Simulator — Steam game cover

    Pharmacy Simulator

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ESports Simulator.

    Experience a realistic pharmacy management experience with Pharmacy Simulator. Set up your shop, decorate it as you wish, and purchase over a hundred types of medications. Pharmacy Simulator offers you an incredibly realistic pharmacy experience. Prove your skills in a challenging economic system.

    2024IndieSimulationEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Biztopia — Steam game cover

    Biztopia

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ESports Simulator.

    Welcome to Biztopia! A unique trading city full of business and opportunities awaits you! Start with a small delivery, build your own trading world, and team up with friends to shape the city and discover the next big venture!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Food Processing Simulator — Steam game cover

    Food Processing Simulator

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ESports Simulator.

    Build and manage your own food processing factory. Automate production with machines, work together with skilled employees to keep operations running smoothly, expand your facility, and keep inventory under control as you grow from a small workshop into a large scale production facility.

    2025IndieSimulationEarly Access12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gun Factory Simulator — Steam game cover

    Gun Factory Simulator

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ESports Simulator.

    Take control of your very own firearms factory. Start with a workshop and a gun shop, and evolve it into a factory of mass destruction. Craft bullets to rockets, handguns to shotguns, hire workers & managers, and become a merchant of death. Get use to the smell of gunpowder and cash.

    2025IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roadside Research — Steam game cover

    Roadside Research

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with ESports Simulator.

    Roadside Research is a 1 to 4 player co-op gas station simulator. Except you’re aliens. And undercover. Do very human things like restocking shelves while preparing for the invasion. Just don’t get caught.

    2026SimulationCasualEarly Access12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Big Ambitions — Steam game cover

    Big Ambitions

    Single-player alternative to ESports Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with ESports Simulator.

    Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.

    2023IndieSimulationEarly Access22.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →