Single-player games like The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Sims™ Legacy Collection, 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 Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
The game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. In The Sims 2, you direct your Sims over a lifetime. Give them a long existence, or leave their lives in shambles. Guide their characteristics from one generation to the next.
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The Sims™ 3
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
The Sims 3: Create the perfect world with full customization at your fingertips. Refine personalities and help fulfill destinies.
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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inZOI
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
"Every life becomes a story" Create your unique story by controlling and observing the lives of 'Zois'. Customize characters and build houses using inZOI's easy-to-use tools to live the life of your dreams and experience the different emotions of life created by its deep and detailed simulation.
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SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
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MySims™
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Explore a new world with MySims™ — it's your world to transform in this retro re-release with updated graphics! Move to an adorable town. With a little creativity and some help from the locals, you can make this place thrive!
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House Flipper 2
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Clean your worries away with this relaxing renovation simulator! Buy, fix, sell, and become a local legend. Or grab your power tools and build anything from scratch! With the online 2-4 players co-op mode, you can play both in sandbox and story mode together.
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My Time at Sandrock
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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SimCity™ 3000 Unlimited
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
SimCity 3000 Unlimited brings you the classic strategy gaming of SimCity 3000 with all-new scenarios that open up a whole world of city planning and building possibilities! The thrills of the classic SimCity 3000 are here again!
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MySims™ Kingdom
Single-player alternative to The Sims™ Legacy Collection — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with The Sims™ Legacy Collection.
Meet New Friends and explore all the New Lands