Single-player games like Shrimp
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Shrimp, 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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BBQ Master
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
SIZZLE SIZZLE! CRACKLE! Let's barbecue!
- 2

Internet Cafe Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
Run a 2000s-era LAN cafe. Hire a literal ghost apprentice, dodge municipal inspections, keep rival groups from fighting on your bench, and ride the chaos through a 30-day campaign. Pixel-art tycoon with three difficulty modes and a free demo waiting for you.
- 3

Sushi Idle Clicker
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
A relaxing idle/clicker game where you manage your own sushi restaurant. Start with basic ingredients, hire chefs to automate production, and upgrade your recipes. Reach level 7 to perform a rebirth and click your way to building the world's largest sushi empire.
- 4

Hey, Focus!
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
Hey, Focus! is a productivity game featuring light visual novel elements. Xiaoning, a girl who loves gaming and anime, is here to accompany you while you work and study. Complete focus timers to unlock over 200 voiced interactions, personalized outfits, and perhaps... a few hidden secrets?
- 5

Mushies!
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
Create a thriving mushroom village in this cozy incremental adventure. Gather spores, recruit companions, automate your settlement, and unlock powerful upgrades as your fungal home flourishes. How far will you take your shrooms?
- 6

Dirt Clicker
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
Dirt Clicker is a charming incremental game about digging to the hidden center of the world.
- 7

Heartwood Incremental
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
Grow a single seed into a cosmic tree in this cozy pixel-art incremental. Gather Sunlight, branch out, and drop Seeds into a permanent Seed Tree — then Evolve, reborn into ever-grander forms, each unlocking a whole new way to grow. Always one more upgrade.
- 8

Watch Your Plastic Duck
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
Small rubber ducks calmly swim in the pool and you can watch them to relaxing music. What can go wrong?
- 9

Tiny Terraces
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
A cozy idle farming game, watch tiny guys do tasks around the terrace, expand, progress, and decorate your Tiny Terrace.
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Last Hope
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shrimp.
Last Hope is a combat-focused survival game where you will unlock new areas and weapons throughout your playtime to better equip you for fighting the increasingly harder nightly waves of enemies.
- 11

Entomophobia
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
Unleash Mass Insect Extermination! Entomophobia is a casual Bullet Heaven with rogue-lite elements. Slay bugs, amass upgrades, and escalate your power against the swarms. Crush, upgrade, dominate – the insect reign ends with you!
- 12

Little Porp
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
A Little Village or þorp Builder, which takes place on a 32x32 tile map. Use the resources available to keep your villagers warm, fed, and hydrated for as long as you can. When the little ice ages come, you must manage your resources wisely to prevent a very cold sad death of your villagers.
- 13

Otok
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Shrimp.
This is a very chill Sandbox "City Builder", No Goals, just build your island as beautifully as you can with the given buildings.
- 14

Shrimp.io
Single-player alternative to Shrimp — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Shrimp.
A Shrimp Based Bullet Heaven. Kill creatures, Level up & pick from 3 upgrades to unalive thousands more.