Single-player games like Lots at Stake
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Lots at Stake, 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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The American Dream: Past Due
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lots at Stake.
The American Dream: Past Due is a realistic choice-driven sim. Play as a suddenly laid-off middle-aged man keeping up appearances. Balance family finances and emotions while facing mounting bills... Can you get your life back on track before your family falls apart?
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Agrocracy
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lots at Stake.
A farming management game focused on planning and numbers. This is not a farming sim - no driving, animals, or role-playing. Manage weather, labor, capital, and time on a large isometric map.
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MarginCall
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lots at Stake.
MarginCall is a market with no scripted prices. Hundreds of independent traders, each with its own money and mind, price a real order book inside a fully simulated economy. Build a fortune, control industries, raid rivals, or get margin called into ruin.
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Net Worthless
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lots at Stake.
A satirical life-and-money sim. One turn is one month: budget your hours, work the job, ride the market, outlive inflation and your own decisions. Pick a character and make their dream come true. Or at least don't die trying.
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GG Life
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lots at Stake.
Start with $2,000 and one lifetime. Get rich, go broke, build businesses, buy property, raise a family and leave the consequences to your children. When you die, your heir takes over. Build a dynasty that lasts for generations, or ruin one spectacularly.
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Beat The Machine
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lots at Stake.
Beat the Machine is a stock trading game, corporation simulator, and job/career simulator.
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Starship Contractor: Galactic Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lots at Stake.
Shape the Galactic Arms Race. As CEO of a private space arms company, design modular ships, research breakthrough tech, and win faction tenders. Outmaneuver rivals in prototype races and make critical choices that make every playthrough unique, from a startup to galactic dominance.
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Gridiron Manager 2026
Single-player alternative to Lots at Stake — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Lots at Stake.
Build a career across professional and college American football as both head coach and general manager. Shape the roster, control the cap, recruit the next class, build your playbook and make the calls on game day in a living football world that never waits for you.