Single-player games like Monkeys & Typewriters!
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Monkeys & Typewriters!, 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 Sapling
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Monkeys & Typewriters!.
The Sapling is a short simulation game where you design your own plants and animals, and put them in a world together. Or you turn on random mutations, and see what evolution does to your ecosystem!
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我感染HIV了吗
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A word game, does not support the handle, the operation is the mouse and keyboard space. It can be said that it is very simple. The theme of obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis is a large text dialogue, which is more depressing. Please be careful if you don't like it.
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Naked News
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Monkeys & Typewriters!.
Join in the fun with an unforgettable experience unlike any other! Naked News brings some hardcore, crass, dirty, vulgar, dark humour into an easily offended world, not pulling any punches and making fun of everything with this visual novel-style comic, Sitcom-esque episodic!
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AI Learns To Drive
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Monkeys & Typewriters!.
Train AI to drive! Create your own neural network and watch it evolve from chaos to mastery with the power of evolutionary algorithms and natural selection. Fine-tune the learning process to craft the ultimate AI driver, and test your creation in campaign challenges or on custom-built tracks.
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Last Days
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The gods have blessed New Canaan for four hundred years, and everyone - including Sister Ginsetsu - thought it would go on forever, until the day Ginsetsu met the gods of New Canaan. Since then, the story between the maiden who calls herself a god, and the maiden who will become a god has begun.
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Vilmonic
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Monkeys & Typewriters!.
Vilmonic is an artificial life simulator and genetics and evolution sandbox game. Protect and breed unique pixel-art life forms where pixels and color have meaning. Craft tools and buildings and change the environment. Find ancient tech and fend off haywire zombitons. Craft Farm Breed Evolve!
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修炼成仙
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Monkeys & Typewriters!.
《修炼成仙》是一款极简主义的文字挂机游戏。创建人物，踏上仙途，自动战斗，获取战利品，修炼功法，装备法宝，一步一步登上仙途，获得永生轮回。游戏永无止境，无需焦虑通关限制，即开即挂，随缘随心，修炼成仙。
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Natural Instincts: European Forest
Single-player alternative to Monkeys & Typewriters! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Monkeys & Typewriters!.
Protect the environment, and save it from harm! Give commands to the animals, observe their rituals and help them survive. Face different disasters, react to human presence and help the animal kingdom flourish in this unique, environmental experience!