Single-player games like Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition, 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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Garden Paws
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
You have inherited your grandparents farm as they set off to travel the world. Work with Frank at the local construction shop to finish off the final touches on your new home. Aid Frank and Mayor Wilson in building up the town so it may reach it's full potential.
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Snacko
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
Driven away by the cost of living, you and your childhood friend set off with the goal to turn things around and start a new life. Explore, gather, and build up the town from scratch into a place you'll be proud to call "home"!
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Sprout Valley
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
Sprout Valley is farming simulator game where you can step back from the busy life and grow the garden of your dreams. Captivating story, hand-crafted experience, cute graphics and many more!
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SunnySide
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
Find harmony in the Japanese countryside as you help Sparky uncover lost memories in this modern take on the farming and life simulator. Build a thriving homestead, cultivate new relationships, and chase your own happiness in SunnySide.
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STORY OF SEASONS: Pioneers of Olive Town
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
Welcome to Olive Town, a peaceful community established by your trailblazing grandfather and his friends. Now that you've taken over his farm, it's your job to carry on his legacy. Plant crops, raise animals, build relationships, and get to know the residents of your new home!
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Rune Factory 5
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!
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Ooblets
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Harvest Moon®: Home Sweet Home Special Edition.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!