Single-player games like The Board is Yours
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Board is Yours, 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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Buttons Up! 2
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Board is Yours.
The Gnomes are back! Buttons Up! is a incremental button collecting game where you hoard Buttons and keep them safe from stealing intruders. Get those Buttons Up by buying and crafting buildings. Unlock new skills from the tech tree and automate your income!
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Sphere TD
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Board is Yours.
Spheres are invading Earth-25. Build your towers and mod your projectiles — split it, add it, bounce it, chain it, multiply it! A true 1 tower = 1,000,000+ builds. Min-max tower, craft mods, pick ModCards, fly drones, mine ores, idle and enjoy the music, the choice is yours.
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Mining and Dwarves
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with The Board is Yours.
An incremental game where you mine rocks, gather ore, and recruit dwarves. Play actively for maximum gains, or idle and let the dwarves do the work.
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Slots & Diapers
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Board is Yours.
Absurd incremental game where you turn even liquid assets into financial glory! Spin for jackpots and hire veteran gamblers to automate the madness. Use permanent upgrades and 'mishaps' to accelerate your progress! Simple. Messy. Addictive.
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Billion Bounces
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Billion Bounces is a short incremental game with bouncing balls, bumpers, and one goal: earn coins, buy upgrades, and watch the economy slowly fall apart.
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Catnip Craze
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Board is Yours.
Follow and help the cats to start, grow the craze for catnip. Produce it, hire cats to help produce it, buy upgrades to produce more, unlock blessings from Catnip God until you reach peak catnip production, and finally witness how this craze ends.
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Kingdom Inc.
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Board is Yours.
A minimalist factory / city builder. Design your workflow by harvesting resources, building equipment, outfitting your adventurers, and sending them on dangerous missions. Recover lost territory and unravel the plot that threatens to destroy your kingdom!
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Click & Mine
Single-player alternative to The Board is Yours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Board is Yours.
Click & Mine is a relaxing incremental mining game. Mine various resources and use them to buy upgrades, allowing you to descend deeper and deeper while unlocking new biomes, ores and skills.