Single-player games like System Overload
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to System Overload, 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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Scratch Off!
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Overload.
Scratch cards meet roguelike. Build a deck, collect coins, and scratch your way to rent. Every run is different. Every scratch matters.
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The Meter is Running
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Overload.
You inherited a taxi dispatch business but it came with debt attached. Hire drivers, dispatch fares, navigate Istanbul’s chaos, deal with bad customers and worse luck. You have 15 days to pay it off or lose everything. The meter is running.
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Luck be a Landlord
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Overload.
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
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Dwarf Eats Mountain
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Overload.
Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.
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Mushroom Musume
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Overload.
Raise a mushroom from a spore into a fine young woman, then discover the twists and turns her life may take in this creepy-cute fairytale life simulation game.
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Insider Trading
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with System Overload.
Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Synergize perks, manipulate stock prices, and trade wisely or risk pricing yourself out.
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Neon Village
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Overload.
This game is a fusion of a "roguelike deck-builder" and "match-3 puzzle". Collect unique residents to create explosive synergies and develop a village glittering with neon!
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with System Overload.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Project V
Single-player alternative to System Overload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with System Overload.
> Die. Inherit. Evolve. Fight through dungeons, craft gear, brew potions, and collect relics — then die, pass your DNA to the next generation, and push deeper. Something is watching. Every death makes your bloodline stronger — but who benefits? An idle incremental RPG with a dark secret.