Single-player games like wageslave
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to wageslave, 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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I.T. Never Ends
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with wageslave.
The printer is bleeding, the Wi-Fi is haunted, and Ticket #666 just came in. As the latest hire for a company run by cosmic horrors, your job is simple: Swipe to survive. Make binary decisions to survive the night shift in this dark comedy desktop simulator. I.T truly never ends.
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Dystopicon
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with wageslave.
An uncomfortable dystopian time-management game where your job is watching TV to earn money and buy services to survive after robots replace humans at work. Choose to be a good citizen or a rebel. But beware! Curiosity has a price in this dystopian life simulator.
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Idle Trillionaire
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with wageslave.
Greed is a virtue in Idle Trillionaire. Success is defined by your net worth. From a "Lawn Mowing Job" and "Your First Kiss" to "Crack Addiction" and "Global Domination". Experience everything life has to offer. Each card will tell your story, make you laugh or potentially end your life.
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Probably Stolen - Cyberpunk Pawnshop Simulator
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with wageslave.
Probably Stolen is a cyberpunk shopkeeping simulator set in a dystopian space station. Craft, trade, and smuggle goods of questionable origin, navigate faction loyalties, and stop rampant AI by killing those it controls. Earn enough to buy out your shop before rising rent forces your hand.
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Not For Broadcast
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with wageslave.
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
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Cruelty Squad
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with wageslave.
An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world
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The Invisible Hand
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with wageslave.
Want to get rich, quick? Welcome to FERIOS, where you’ll be empowered to pursue wealth and success as a mid-level stockbroker! Your wildest dreams of wealth can come true… at the cost of everything else.
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to wageslave — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with wageslave.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.