Single-player games like Plantera
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Plantera, 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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Plantera 2: Golden Acorn
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
The round blue Mellows return to tend to the Garden once more. Grow plants, bushes, trees, animals, water features and the great magical oak tree that has been rumored to have placed its seed there. Tend to the oak tree and grow it to the sky to harvest its Golden Acorns.
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Monsters Idle RPG
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Monsters Idle RPG is a cozy and relaxing idle game where you collect monsters, deploy them in battles, gather resources, and sell them to earn profits! Explore Arcanium as you advance from a basic starter monster to your favorite companion by expanding your collection.
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Summoner's Cookbook
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
An incremental, idle, creature collector about summoning creatures and giving them tasks. Craft them using ingredients and fill out your Cookbook with your discoveries. Take on requests, build, expand and let your creatures do the hard work while you discover new recipes or do other things!
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Relaxing Fields
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
A short, simple and relaxing idle game where you grow crops, build homes for farmers, and earn money to decorate.
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Tap Heroes
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Plantera.
Welcome to the first puppet show RPG! Participate in battling a ton of foes, buy new upgrades, cast magic and recruit new Heroes. Or just sit back and enjoy the show as your Heroes fight on their own while you watch or do other things.
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Farmtale
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Build your farm from one chicken and explore the world as you progress. Buy animals, harvest crops, hire workers for management, and advance through unique buildings, quests, upgrades, and items in the ultimate idle clicker hybrid!
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Desk Garden
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Relax and grow! A laid-back idle game where you nurture mysterious plants (some even human-like!), watch them flourish, then sell them to expand your magical garden. Design your own unique oasis at your own pace.
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Autonauts
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.
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Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
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Slime Rancher
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
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My Time at Portia
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
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STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Plantera.
Experience the joys of life on the farm in this reimagining of a timeless STORY OF SEASONS classic!
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Sun Haven
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Plantera.
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
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Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.
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Loot Hero DX
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Plantera.
A legendary Dragon is haunting the lands. Towns are set ablaze, and its magic power resurrects the evil creatures of the world. A hero is needed to travel to the corners of the lands and slay the beast to restore peace.
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Cooking Witch
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Plantera.
In Cooking Witch you are a witch flying to a party in the woods, abducting the children and cooking and eating them.
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Fjong
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Plantera.
Help Fjong and his friends to reach the sky.. by Eating Candy! Fjong is a relaxing, colorful and non-violent game that suits every kind of player and skill level.
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Boom Box Blue!
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Plantera.
Boom Box Blue is a frenzied skill based physics game. This is what you get if you merge Tetris with physics and throw some bombs into the mix!
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NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Plantera.
NO LIFE: Zombie Survivor is a brutal survival roguelite where you’ll face endless hordes of relentless zombies. Choose your survivor and weapons, each with unique abilities and playstyles, and gear up for increasingly intense battles against the undead.
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Freedom Squid Fighter
Single-player alternative to Plantera — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Plantera.
Take control of a heavily armed squid and blast through destructible worlds in Freedom Squid Fighter. Soar through the air, tunnel through dirt and rock with powerful weaponry, and outmaneuver enemies across fully destructible landscapes.