Single-player games like Clogwork
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Clogwork, 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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ChromaFlow
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Clogwork.
Build a factory powered by color. Extract red, green, and blue, route them through conveyor networks, and mix them into an expanding spectrum. Fulfil requests for the Chroma Core, unlock new technology, and optimize every production line.
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Coremine Corp
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Clogwork.
Welcome to CoreMine Corp. Your job here is to set up production chains, manage your electricity, juggle contracts and stock-up while upgrading your factory. Time to prove your worth.
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Beyond These Stars
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Clogwork.
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
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Gobs & Gears
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Clogwork.
Reconstruct a Gob factory lost in the Fog. Route resources, put the Gobs to work, and build the BIG BOOM. The Gob King wants his bomb and he wants it NOW!
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Vena
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Clogwork.
An automation roguelike where every run fits in one sitting. Place hexagonal tiles to grow a production organism, roll dice in the shop to buy new ones, and pick perks that shape your build. Survive nine phases as the Nexus's hunger outpaces you, then break the economy and do it all differently.
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the Cellarer
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Clogwork.
Build a medieval monastery and master deep logistics, a transport network to optimize and intricate production chains. Optimize every cart, every path and every building as your monastery prospers.
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BOREWORKS
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Clogwork.
A chill, top down automation game about mining asteroids down to the core. Build bots. Figure out logistics. Automate yourself out of a job.
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Lexip
Single-player alternative to Clogwork — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Clogwork.
Lexip is a cozy fantasy factory game about magic, rail logistics, and questionable sustainability. Build production chains across the overworld and underground, power machines with local magic, fulfill contracts, and keep Null pollution under control.