Single-player games like Gold Rush! Anniversary
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Gold Rush! Anniversary, 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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Gold Rush! 2
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The gold rush continues! The story of the sequel came from the pen of the developers of the original game. Jake and Jerrod Wilson found the richest vein of gold in California’s Mother Lode! But in their home town it’s not always good. A gang, who Jake and Jerrod personally knew leads Brooklyn and the has become very powerful.
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Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
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Colonial Conquest
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
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Gold Rush! Classic
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.
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Adam's Venture: Origins
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Embark on a bold adventure in Adam’s Venture: Origins. Set in the roaring 20’s, in Adam’s Venture: Origins you will explore ancient ruins, and recover mysterious artifacts. Together with your trusted accomplice Evelyn, you will have to outsmart the evil Clairvaux company.
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Take Command - 2nd Manassas
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Your quest for the true immersive Civil War battle experience ends here. Voted in PC Gamers list of Best 100 Games of All Time, Take Command is an RTCS "Real-Time Combat Simulator" and you've never played anything like it!
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Royal Defense
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The castle needs a hero – hordes of trolls are surrounding it! Build towers, save money, learn spells - don't let the enemy in! Follow the exciting story of the dwarven kingdom's eternal struggle against the troll hordes, who want only to crush the dwarves and claim their territory.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
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The Oregon Trail
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!
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King's Quest
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
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Game Tycoon 1.5
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Welcome to the Game Industry!The year is 1982. Three young entrepreneurs discover the computer and potential to strike it rich in the Games Industry! Their love for computer games is a common bond that they all share but they are also in fierce competition with one another in a race to build a successful Games Development House…They...
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Game Tycoon 2
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
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One Hundred Ways
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
100 (115!) tricky levels to solve “One Hundred Ways” to achieve it! The goal - make the ball reach its goal. Sounds simple - but it's not!
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Gangsters 1920
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Explore the gloomy roads of the surreal 1920s underworld and find the relevant hints...
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Construction Playground
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Construction Playground is the ideal place to let off steam playfully in VR and control great vehicles and devices! It's an immersive VR experience on the construction site!
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Two Hundred Ways
Single-player alternative to Gold Rush! Anniversary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Two Hundred Ways gives puzzle fans twice as many mental challenges to overcome. The mission of each of its 200 levels sounds easy: guide one or more balls to the exit. But levels with up to three different layers and numerous ball traps don't make this task a walk in the park.