Single-player games like Sludgineers
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Sludgineers, 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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Budgie's Bug Shop
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Sludgineers.
A short incremental game about catching bugs and running a shop filled with parakeets. Upgrade equipment, purchase game-breaking abilities, and maximize the profits of your Budgie-powered empire!
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Bottled by Bears
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Sludgineers.
Join a family of bears and run the buzziest little honey farm! Collect and discover rare bees, bottle honey jars, expand your farm, and watch your flowery field bloom in this cozy idle management sim.
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High Rice
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sludgineers.
In this short incremental farming game, you will plant rice on a rooftop, create various goods out of it, automate using robot helpers and watch the citizens of the hidden cyberpunk city evolve as they patronize your products.
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It's Chopping Time!
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Sludgineers.
Summon the mighty power of gods in this fun incremental game about chopping down trees on a secluded island by using the forces of nature: earthquakes, sunbeams, tornadoes, hail, lightning strikes and tidal waves! It's Chopping Time!
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Working Class Monsters
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Sludgineers.
Open packs. Collect monsters. Watch the gold pile up. A cozy incremental about a monster workforce - place goblins, undead, and abyssal horrors across tiles where the right neighbors mean bigger payouts. Grow your sleepy island into a gold printing empire and unlock hidden islands to settle on.
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Feed The Forest
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Sludgineers.
A short, innocent incremental forest-builder. Unlock snail powers to spread life in a barren desert. Feed the mysterious Forest with juice. And remember: Blood is a type of juice.
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Crystal Ascend
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Sludgineers.
A simple incremental game where you nurture crystal elementals by destroying floating crystals and harvesting aether. Upgrade the skill tree, unlock new abilities to gather resources faster, and build your ultimate crystal companions.
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Planet Harvester: Incremental Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Sludgineers.
Planet Harvester is a relaxing low-poly incremental game. Pilot your crawler across beautiful worlds, chew through resources, unlock new tools, hire drones, and customize your machine for ever bigger hauls. Turn small numbers into massive ones!
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Squiggle Drop
Single-player alternative to Sludgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Sludgineers.
Draw shapes to solve physics puzzles! Over 250 levels each with their own unique objective. Put your brain to the test by making bridges, levers, weights and more. Iterate on your solutions again and again until you complete the goals.