Single-player games like Marisa!ReturnTheBook!
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Marisa!ReturnTheBook!, 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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Holoidle
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
A relaxing Hololive idle game. Unlock upgrades, complete your card collection and take care of your idol to increase your influence!
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Fantasy Aquarium
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
Fantasy Aquarium offers an effortless way to enhance your gaming experience. You can nurture a diverse range of small fish with unique characteristics and construct a vibrant fantasy world from scratch, transforming mundane fish-keeping into an engaging pursuit.
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Crusaders Quest : Hero Town
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
Welcome to 《Crusader Quest: Hero Town》! A little town inside your PC! Gather heroes and rebuild the town in 《Crusader Quest: Hero Town》, a desktop idle RPG that can be enjoyed even during work hours.
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Bloobs Adventure Idle
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
A massive RuneScape-inspired idle RPG built for long-term progression. Train 24 skills, defeat bosses, collect over 500 souls, and bank offline time to accelerate your progress whenever you choose.
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Gamblers Table
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
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PegIdle
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
PegIdle is a Pachinko idle game! Aim and shoot your balls to clear all the pegs on the board. Recieve gold by hitting the golden pegs or by landing balls into the moving bucket. Purchasing auto ball drop will automaticly drop balls onto the board. Spend your gold on new balls and ball upgrades!
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Row Divers
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
Row Divers is a short, experimental incremental game about diving into dungeons in the form of rows, shooting enemies, collecting resources, and upgrading your bow to conquer the depths!
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Samawa Idle
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
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Realm Grinder
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Cookie Clicker
Single-player alternative to Marisa!ReturnTheBook! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Marisa!ReturnTheBook!.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.