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Single-player games like The Detectorist Guild

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Detectorist Guild, 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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    Love Tavern 2: Beastmen Kingdoms — Steam game cover

    Love Tavern 2: Beastmen Kingdoms

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Detectorist Guild.

    After your death due to a car accident, you have been summoned by the goddess to take care of a tavern in an Isekai world. Your job is to hire different staffs from various tribes and races to help out the business there, as well as build up room by room of the tavern to expand the business.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alpaca Rancher — Steam game cover

    Alpaca Rancher

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Detectorist Guild.

    Collect and care for a variety of unique alpacas while building and expanding your ranch. Cultivate crops, forage for resources, find hidden treasures and complete quests while exploring the wonderful world of Alpaca Rancher!

    2025IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Uncultured — Steam game cover

    The Uncultured

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Detectorist Guild.

    The Uncultured is an art museum management game where you turn visitors into artists. Manage your museum, introduce people to art, nurture their talent, and display their creations. Can you transform the uncultured into creators and build the museum of your dreams?

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Samurai Bringer — Steam game cover

    Samurai Bringer

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Detectorist Guild.

    Samurai Bringer is a roguelite action game with levels which change with every playthrough, where you cut down hordes of Samurai and Demons to collect combat techniques and polish your fighting style in order to defeat Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed dragon of Japanese mythology.

    2022ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cozy Forge: Blacksmith Simulator — Steam game cover

    Cozy Forge: Blacksmith Simulator

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Detectorist Guild.

    Cozy Forge is a cozy medieval sim where you run a blacksmith shop. Melt, mold, and forge tools for townsfolk be it a sickle for a peasant or a sword for a knight. Lose yourself in the relaxing rhythm of your forge.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evolution Tale — Steam game cover

    Evolution Tale

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Detectorist Guild.

    Chop down trees, mine rocks and pick up plants to combine them and craft a total of 500 different items that can be used to evolve and develop new technologies until you reach the modern ages.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pirate Guy — Steam game cover

    Pirate Guy

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Detectorist Guild.

    2d platformer where player controls pirate character, mission is to avoid different enemies and traps and find treasuries end of levels and finish levels. Game contains also boss levels

    2025IndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum — Steam game cover

    Juufuutei Raden™'s Guide for Pixel Museum

    Single-player alternative to The Detectorist Guild — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Detectorist Guild.

    Solve the puzzle and complete the art! "Pixel Puzzle" that lets you experience art and culture with Juufuutei Raden.

    2025IndieCasual15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →