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Single-player games like Widget Inc.

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Widget Inc., 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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    Kingdom Inc. — Steam game cover

    Kingdom Inc.

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    A minimalist factory / city builder. Design your workflow by harvesting resources, building equipment, outfitting your adventurers, and sending them on dangerous missions. Recover lost territory and unravel the plot that threatens to destroy your kingdom!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SimPocalypse — Steam game cover

    SimPocalypse

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sixty Four — Steam game cover

    Sixty Four

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Upload Labs — Steam game cover

    Upload Labs

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Widget Inc..

    A sci-fi management game where you build and optimize your computer's system from the ground up. Connect and configure interconnected nodes to efficiently download, process, and upload files. Manage your setup, solve system challenges, and become the ultimate system architect

    2025SimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  5. 5
    Microcivilization — Steam game cover

    Microcivilization

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.

    2026StrategyIndie17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Military Incremental Complex — Steam game cover

    Military Incremental Complex

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Widget Inc..

    Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.

    2025StrategySimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beltmatic — Steam game cover

    Beltmatic

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Beltmatic is a casual factory game where you combine numbers using mathematical operations.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moose Miners — Steam game cover

    Moose Miners

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Take control of a mining operation run by moose. They mine and sell the gems. You need to decide where to spend the profits. Hire more miners and upgrade their gear. Buy new rails and minecarts to get deeper into the mine. The deeper you get the more valuable gems you will find.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Factorio — Steam game cover

    Factorio

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation35.00 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Satisfactory — Steam game cover

    Satisfactory

    Single-player alternative to Widget Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Widget Inc..

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →