Single-player games like Upload Labs
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Upload Labs, 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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Revolution Idle
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Free To Play with Upload Labs.
Join an experience where each revolution takes you further into the unknown! Revolution Idle challenges you to multiply your accumulators to reach unimaginable heights. Will you manage to reach infinity?
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Unnamed Space Idle
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Free To Play with Upload Labs.
Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.
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Widget Inc.
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
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Data Center
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Build, cable, and automate. Assemble racks, servers, and switches, connect enough capacity for each app, earn money from processed data, and unlock gear and bigger customers with XP and reputation. Follow colored data packets as your center comes to life.
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Particul
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Click to mine particles and watch your pile grow. Turn resources into profit, automate extraction, research new technologies and trade. Can you mine the rarest particle and ascend? There is just one way to find out.
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Nodebuster
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
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Military Incremental Complex
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
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The Farmer Was Replaced
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Program and optimize a drone to automate a farm and watch it do the work for you. Collect resources to unlock better technology and become the most efficient farmer in the world. Improve your problem solving and coding skills.
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NGU IDLE
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Free To Play with Upload Labs.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Upload Simulator
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
A incremental game about downloading files, uploading, and upgrading your setup. This is the official PC version of Upload Simulator.
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Upload Simulator Silicon
Single-player alternative to Upload Labs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Upload Labs.
Upload Simulator Silicon is an incremental game about uploading, making money, hacking, and ascending as a powerful entity that controls the very laws of the universe using powerful technologies you discover throught your journey.