Single-player games like Wall Street 1929
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Wall Street 1929, 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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OIL.EXE
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wall Street 1929.
Drill the wells. Run the refinery. Read the market. OIL is a free text-based simulation of running a petroleum operation, played at a 1980s green-phosphor terminal. End each year richer or bankrupt. Mind the bear market. Climb the leaderboard.
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Tide Terminal
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wall Street 1929.
In 2030, the Red Tide virus turned every robot rogue overnight. You found the Tide Terminal — a device that commands them. Build your base, awaken 18 machines with stories of their own, and take back the world, one city at a time. An idle strategy sim with branching stories and 12 endings.
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電視夢工場
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Wall Street 1929.
創造自己的夢幻電視台，製作、購買、編排電視節目、賺取廣告費、規劃提高收視率…等。還可以發揮絕妙點子與獨特創意，安排最棒的節目表，以締造驚人收視率，來爭取電視節目比賽獎項。或是努力尋找理想男女主角，來培養下一代偶像，創造夢幻的演員組合，拍攝出超級電視節目。
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Streaming Platform Manager
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wall Street 1929.
Streaming Platform Manager is a tycoon game, where you can build your own streaming empire.
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The Completionist: 1980-1989
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wall Street 1929.
Run a scrappy pop culture magazine through the 1980s. Hire writers, editors, and researchers. Manage a Kanban board. Prestige through Volumes. Try not to go broke. Strategic idle sim. Commodore 64 aesthetic. No micro-transactions.
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FD's Industry Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wall Street 1929.
Build a global industrial empire from a 1990s desktop. A retro business management sim, hand-drawn in pixel art. Alone or in MP: open factories worldwide, broker supply deals across continents, and acquire rivals when they falter. Markets shift, empires grow, and the CRT flickers.
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Go to IT
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wall Street 1929.
Have you ever wanted to run your own software company? Go to IT is a business simulation game with a multitude of parameters to manage and meaningful choices to enjoy. Build your company and bring it to the top, surviving almost 30 years of software industry ups and downs.
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Studio Sim
Single-player alternative to Wall Street 1929 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wall Street 1929.
Build a film and television empire in a living entertainment industry beginning in the 1980s. Create and manage productions, cast unique talent, outmaneuver rival studios, climb the box office and grab television ratings in this immersive, old-school tycoon sim.