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Single-player games like The Phone Game

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Phone Game, 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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    Bad Badger — Steam game cover

    Bad Badger

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Phone Game.

    You're a bad Honey Badger. Smash out of your enclosure and wreak havoc across an Open-Zoo sandbox. Break, escape, sneak, smash, steal, ride, trick & taunt. BE BAD!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Goat Simulator — Steam game cover

    Goat Simulator

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Phone Game.

    Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.

    2014IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Totally Reliable Delivery Service — Steam game cover

    Totally Reliable Delivery Service

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Phone Game.

    Delivery Attempted. That's the Totally Reliable Delivery Service guarantee! T.R.D.S. is a ragdoll physics simulation about terrible package delivery couriers. Work together using odd machinery, useful gadgets, and the wonders of physics to reliably deliver packages to their destination.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Just Cause™ 3 — Steam game cover

    Just Cause™ 3

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Phone Game.

    With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kyle Simulator — Steam game cover

    Kyle Simulator

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Phone Game.

    Welcome to Kyle Simulator, where you can experience a realistic simulation of an everyday Kyle. Your goals are defined. Mutant Energy & Walls. You know what to do.

    2019Simulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game — Steam game cover

    DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Phone Game.

    Put simply, DEEEER Simulator is a “Slow-Life Town Destruction Game”. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.

    2021ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kill It With Fire — Steam game cover

    Kill It With Fire

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Phone Game.

    Kill It With Fire is a first-person action game about hunting spiders and causing collateral damage.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Just Cause 2 — Steam game cover

    Just Cause 2

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Phone Game.

    Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

    2010ActionAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cyborg City — Steam game cover

    Cyborg City

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Phone Game.

    Year 2225. Step into Cyborg City, a cyborg-apocalyptic world where Jax fights to survive from the Scrapyard up to Cyborg City. Using Bullet Time, Jetpack, and Upgrades to destroy enemies, he is avenging his family and saving the girl he loves in this third-person shooter.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MARS — Steam game cover

    MARS

    Single-player alternative to The Phone Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Phone Game.

    Survival is temporary. Legacy is forever. Rule the last colony on Mars in this RTS x Colony Sim. Build domes for colonists as they harvest crops to survive, and command Mech armies against endless Marsect swarms. With hostile enemies and climate threatening your expedition, every choice matters.

    StrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →