Single-player games like The Happy Hereafter
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Happy Hereafter, 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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The Promised Land
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
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Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
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Dream Town Island
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
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Finders
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
Carve a path through an unforgiving wilderness to rescue a hero trapped by a villain! Developed to provide gamers with a thrilling and accessible t adventure, Pathfinders will provide hours of unforgettable fun!
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Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.
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Two Point Museum
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
Curate and manage incredible museums! Explore to discover amazing artifacts. Design and refine the layout, keep staff happy, guests entertained, donations plentiful… and children off the exhibits
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Above the Snow
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
Join the shelter crew and create the best Alpine resort in this cozy narrative tycoon! Enjoy rich character stories, attract and rescue alpinists, manage your resort, and forge new trails. Grab your map, pour a warm cup of tea, and brace for the harshest winter of the 1960s!
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Unholy Heights
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Happy Hereafter.
Welcome to Unholy Heights, a mashup of Tower Defense and Apartment Management Simulation!
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Wall World
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Happy Hereafter.
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
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Necrosmith
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Happy Hereafter.
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
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Beholder: Conductor
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Happy Hereafter.
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
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Karate Survivor
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
Become a martial arts master in this survivor-like roguelite inspired by action movies of the ‘80s. Use your fists, feet, and the environment to fight off relentless thugs. Master powerful combos, enhance your skills, and remember: everything around you is a weapon!
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Wall World 2
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Happy Hereafter.
The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!
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Necrosmith 2
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Happy Hereafter.
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
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They Always Run
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Become Aiden, a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous bounties in the galaxy. Catch, slice, dice and destroy enemies in this exciting 2D platformer with a space-western setting.
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The Last Gas Station
Single-player alternative to The Happy Hereafter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with The Happy Hereafter.
In a world where electric cars reign supreme, you are now the owner of an old gas station out in the wilderness. Establish trade, develop your business and uncover the secret of this strange place in the compact gas station simulator.