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Single-player games like Crave New World

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Crave New World, 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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    News Tower — Steam game cover

    News Tower

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crave New World.

    Develop your newspaper and become New York’s new media mogul! In this tycoon, build and manage your newspaper from printer to toilet. Create your editorial line and lead your journalists through unique 1930's stories and dig out the latest scoops!

    2025StrategySimulation17.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age of Enlightenment — Steam game cover

    Age of Enlightenment

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crave New World.

    Shape the destiny of the world as an 18th century ruler. Forge alliances and prepare your armed forces to expand your domain and colonize new lands. Or focus on internal development and help your subjects thrive with prudent economic policy and lawmaking. The choice is yours in Age of Enlightenment!

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Another Brick in The Mall — Steam game cover

    Another Brick in The Mall

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crave New World.

    Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation8.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Railroad Tycoon 3 — Steam game cover

    Railroad Tycoon 3

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crave New World.

    Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...

    2007Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sumerians — Steam game cover

    Sumerians

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crave New World.

    Sumerians is a city building game set in ancient Mesopotamia. Attract new citizens and grow by expanding your irrigation system, building walls, palaces, temples and ziggurats. Research new technologies, manage your production, hire workers, and trade.

    2023StrategySimulation16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Railway Empire — Steam game cover

    Railway Empire

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crave New World.

    In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Victoria 3 — Steam game cover

    Victoria 3

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crave New World.

    Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century. Balance the competing interests in your society and earn your place in the sun in Victoria 3, one of the most anticipated games in Paradox’s history.

    2022StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold: Warlords — Steam game cover

    Stronghold: Warlords

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crave New World.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Drink Pro Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Drink Pro Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crave New World.

    In Drink Pro Tycoon you create your dreams company and dominate world drink industry. Create best drinks and make best advertisement campaigns. Invent newest technologies and market your drinks in the best way.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scramble — Steam game cover

    Scramble

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crave New World.

    Scramble is a resource management game in which you compete against other companies for the colonization of the New World.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Election Tycoon: Trump vs Harris — Steam game cover

    Election Tycoon: Trump vs Harris

    Single-player alternative to Crave New World — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crave New World.

    Election Tycoon is a real-time strategy game where you lead a campaign to win the 2024 US elections as Trump, Harris, or your own independent candidate. Influence states, color the US map in your party's colors, and outmaneuver your opponents in a high-stakes, map-based political battle.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →