Single-player games like Software Inc.
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Software Inc., 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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Mad Games Tycoon 2
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
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City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
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Big Ambitions
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Software Inc..
Big Ambitions is a revolutionary role-playing business sim. Go from nothing to the biggest entrepreneur in New York by opening small businesses or slowly building huge corporations any way you like.
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Parkitect
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
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The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Software Inc..
Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?
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Startup Company
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
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Rise of Industry
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
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Project Hospital
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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Capitalism 2
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
Create and control the business empire of your dreams. This in-depth strategy game covers almost every aspect of business that could be encountered in the real world.
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Software Inc..
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Software Inc..
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
- 14
The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Software Inc..
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
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The Sims™ 4
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Software Inc..
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to Software Inc. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Software Inc..
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.