Single-player games like Pocket Boss
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pocket Boss, 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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OurLife
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
OurLife is a text-forward life simulator game filled with immersive, choice-driven systems that impact more than just the character you're playing. Live any life, make any choice: OurLife.
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Be kinder and, like, be a Rewinder, dude!
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
1995, Summer. "Get a job or you're joining the military" shouts your dad. Get your ticket to an incremental game where you'll rewind, loan, buy tapes, buy rewinders, buy food, move to better locations, hire your mates and make a mint at Planet Rewind! Video tape rentals will be around forever!
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Go to IT
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Have you ever wanted to run your own software company? Go to IT is a business simulation game with a multitude of parameters to manage and meaningful choices to enjoy. Build your company and bring it to the top, surviving almost 30 years of software industry ups and downs.
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Octal: Of Course They Are Linked
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pocket Boss.
A strategy game about correlations and bending reality for profit. You’re hired to increase a company’s sales—by any means necessary. Link variables together and transform changes in the world into revenue. More penguins? Somehow, that means higher sales. Don’t question it. Optimize it.
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Reality Rivals: The First Season
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Reality Rivals is the reality show you can play. Compete in challenges, form alliances, and survive the vote in this social strategy game. Every choice shapes the drama. Will you avoid Exile, and beat your Rivals?
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Trolley Problem, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
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Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Life sim set in the Ancient Roman Republic. Experience life and events in Ancient Rome through multiple generations of a family, helping them grow from lowly commoners to mighty Senators. Long live the Republic!
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Wall Street Raider
Single-player alternative to Pocket Boss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pocket Boss.
Wall Street Raider offers the deepest stock market simulations in gaming history. Control publicly traded corporations, futures, options, and even crypto. Whether you want to make billions in equities, short-sell overvalued stocks, or hedge risk using derivatives, the market is yours to conquer!