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Single-player games like 神游课本

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 神游课本, 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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    Chief of the Valley — Steam game cover

    Chief of the Valley

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 神游课本.

    Build a PC company from a one-person operation in the dawn of computing to an industry titan in the modern era. Manage staff, secure contracts, research technology, and ship products all while keeping yourself from financial ruin. The Valley is an unforgiving place.

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    Ball Buster Breakout — Steam game cover

    Ball Buster Breakout

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 神游课本.

    Grab your balls and get ready to bust! A hyper-kinetic Idle incremental breakout game.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arcadia Fallen — Steam game cover

    Arcadia Fallen

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 神游课本.

    Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CoinDecker ~Deck Building Pusher~ — Steam game cover

    CoinDecker ~Deck Building Pusher~

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 神游课本.

    1,000 trillion coins in debt. Build a 15-card deck from 140+ cards, combine synergies, and rain medals on your desktop pusher. Look up mid-work to find medals piled high and materials stacking up. Unlock skills, repay debt — every move is yours. Clear that debt without ever stopping.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollowspire — Steam game cover

    Hollowspire

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 神游课本.

    A chill clicker-idle game where you dig, recruit and manage miners, and uncover buried upgrades deep underground.

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    Return to Planet Zoveka — Steam game cover

    Return to Planet Zoveka

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 神游课本.

    Return to Planet Zoveka is an incremental, physics-driven space-mining and resource-management game. Herd and merge cosmic dust, upgrade a family mining ship, build automation in space, and turn your growing operation into visible healing for a damaged homeworld.

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    Astromental Incremental — Steam game cover

    Astromental Incremental

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 神游课本.

    Mesmerizing incremental idle clicker game about space. When objects collide, you receive matter. Use this matter to unlock and upgrade objects in your star system. Use powerful Abilities. Dive into the Prestige system (Warp) with a wide Skill Tree, and discover new star systems with new bonuses.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ollie's Castle — Steam game cover

    Ollie's Castle

    Single-player alternative to 神游课本 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with 神游课本.

    Rebuild a fallen kingdom in this cozy 3D idle-adventure game. Gather resources, farm crops, care for animals, and fight off monsters to restore your castle to its former glory!

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