Single-player games like Dirty Business
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dirty Business, 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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Schedule I
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dirty Business.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
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Ore Factory Squad ⛏️
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dirty Business.
Ore Factory Squad is a co-op mining and factory-building game with procedural mining and fun at its core! Play alone or with friends, buy properties, dig deep for valuable resources, complete contracts, upgrade and automate production lines and grow your factory from zero to industry!
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Car Service Together
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Dirty Business.
Car Service Together is a 1-4 co-op & single player simulation game where you and/or with your friends start from scratch and build your way up. Work together to successfully run your own service center. Team up, manage your business, and create the ultimate car service !
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Drug Lord Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dirty Business.
Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.
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Fuel Harvest Together
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dirty Business.
Play solo or co-op with up to 5 players to find oil, store crude, refine fuels, and sell them at gas stations and shop. Dig for gems and fossils, upgrade your gear, lease new land, and dominate the city as the biggest oil supplier!
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The Brewline
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dirty Business.
Step into the world of bootleg booze in this story-driven, single-player sim! Grow your crops, brew your drinks, bond with eccentric customers, and bottle it all under your own brand. Uncover the truth behind your brother’s arrest, complete quirky missions, and build your underground empire.
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Crime Simulator
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dirty Business.
You’re out of jail, but the debt isn’t gone. Sneak, steal, and break into houses solo or in 4-player co-op. Use lockpicks, sleeping gas, and brute force to complete jobs, outsmart security, and make enough money before time runs out. Will you pay back what you owe, or lose everything?
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I Know a Guy: Shady Life Simulator
Single-player alternative to Dirty Business — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Dirty Business.
Run your pizza shop up front and handle shady business out back. Help hand-crafted NPCs with favors that never go as planned. Play solo or online co-op with up to four players and expand your operation across Hobarey Town. In this darkly comedic management sim - become that guy everyone knows.