Single-player games like Screen Survivors
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Screen Survivors, 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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Loop Tower
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Screen Survivors.
Loop Tower tells the story of adventurers climbing an endless tower. Place it on a corner of your desktop and help them continue their ascent. Experience a fresh blend of desktop idle gameplay + roguelike + RPG right now!
- 2
Mine or Burn
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Screen Survivors.
Mine asteroids, battle hostile miners, and grow a tiny mining rig into an industrial powerhouse in this bullet hell incremental roguelite. Unlock permanent upgrades and push your operation further with each new star system.
- 3
Aleef: Desktop Pet Collector
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Screen Survivors.
Work, browse, or play other games while hatching eggs in the background! Collect 300+ pets with various stats, unlock powerful upgrades, and build your battle team.
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Rejected Draft
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Screen Survivors.
You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches in an idle climb for revenge. Every enemy is drawn by community artists, with alternate versions and direct credits. In an unusual twist on builds, choose which enemies appear in your world, then defeat them to absorb their powers.
- 5
Incrempire
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Screen Survivors.
Defend. Upgrade. Dominate. A relaxing incremental base-defense game, packed with powerful skills and a deep skill tree.
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Soul Reaper: Endless Harvest
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Screen Survivors.
Reap souls. Open the portal. Extract or risk it all. A skill-based bullet heaven where every battle is a short harvest. Souls reaped before the portal are safe, souls after are at risk. Spend them in a permanent skill tree, beat the level, push to the next.
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Incremental Infinity
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Screen Survivors.
Explore an infinite, procedurally generated skill tree as you defend yourself against ever-growing waves of numbers. Play in full screen or as a side-window companion while doing other things.
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Insider Trading
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Screen Survivors.
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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Little Aviary
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Screen Survivors.
Little Aviary is a relaxing idle bird collector that sits at the bottom of your screen! Hatch unique birds, sell them, decorate, then watch them fly around your screen and perch on top of your other windows!
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Tranquil Isle
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Screen Survivors.
Tranquil Isle is a lo-fi strategic townbuilder. Create cozy little settlements on the sun-kissed shores of your very own island paradise.
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Protect the Pit
Single-player alternative to Screen Survivors — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Screen Survivors.
A short incremental clicker game that blends the strategy of tower defense with the depth of sprawling upgrade trees. Build your own winding mazes to repel the oncoming hordes!