Single-player games like Pup & Mole: Gold Rush
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush, 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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Next In Line: Supermarket
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Become a cashier at a charming local supermarket! Scan, bag, and total up groceries for a quirky stream of customers. Each checkout is cozy, complete with mini-games. Carefully bag your items, restock inventory, upgrade the mart, and keep the line moving.
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Railway Empire
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.
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Railway Empire 2
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.
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Bounty Train
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
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Where is My Pet?
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Where is My Pet? is a hidden object, sorting, and animal game! Run your cozy shelter: place animals, sell them to loving homes, upgrade your shelter, build your dream house, and search the city for pets. Can you turn a shabby shelter into a profitable business?
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Tiny Patisserie
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Run your own cozy pastry shop. 🍰 Spot what customers are craving, combine and box up sweet treats, and jump into hands-on minigames for every order. Unlock new recipes, upgrade your tools, and grow your tiny shop into a thriving neighborhood favorite.
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Chipmatic
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Chipmatic is an incremental factory building game where you control a mining robot on a mission to reach Earth’s core. Explore underground, find buried blueprints, research technologies and upgrade yourself to create the best (and only) factory on Earth!
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Transpawt Train
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
A casual, cozy strategy game where you design the first railroad in Paw-City! Draw railroads between animal towns and start running trains. Design efficient Railroads for the cute animal residents. Build your own Paw-City!
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Lost But Found
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Organize and give out lost items! Lost But Found is a job simulator game where you are an officer who oversees the lost items in an airport. Organize those items and distribute them to people who lost their belongings. Upgrade your office, manage requests, collect stickers, and more.
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Ship, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Run a wholesome shipping business! Ship, Inc. is a cozy job simulator where you are a packaging employee in a parcel shipment company. Follow the shipment orders, choose the package size, and prepare parcels. Upgrade your office, deliver orders safely and quickly!
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Cats & Cups
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Play as a barista in a cat-inspired coffee shop, where your customers are cats! Brew coffee and various drinks. Wholesome and cozy hand-drawn art, various mini-games and a lot of cats & coffee! Learn to craft complex orders, keep your catstomers happy. 🐱☕
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Witchy Business
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Manage your very own Witchcraft Shop! Witchy Business is a job simulator game where you brew potions for your customers, collect oddities, grow flowers in your garden, upgrade your alchemy station, and thrive. Make sure you are quick to take care of customers and hex thieves!
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Cozy Organizer
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Organize, decorate, align, and stack items in cozy environments, just like those TikTok videos. Cozy Organizer is a cute wholesome sandbox organizing game, where stress melts away one tidy shelf at a time! Enjoy stacking perfect pantries and designing dream closets with relaxing tunes.
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NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
NEODUEL: Backpack Monsters is an inventory auto-battler with a monster-trainer twist! Collect Cosmions and items, and strategically manage your backpack to create unbeatable combos in tactical duels. Rise through the leagues to become the ultimate Cosmion master!
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Vending Machine Co.
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Run your kawaii vending machine company! A relaxing sim where you manage, restock, and repair your vending machines across a charming Japanese city. Pick neighborhoods, stock up on snacks, set the perfect price, upgrade your machines. Enjoy lots of fun minigames along the way.
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Treasure Beach
Single-player alternative to Pup & Mole: Gold Rush — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pup & Mole: Gold Rush.
Scavenge the beach and run a cozy trinket shop by the sea! Find hidden treasures or trash, clean and repair your finds, put them up for sale, and upgrade your workshop. Dig deeper and faster to make more money and buy back the beach from the greedy hotel.