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Single-player games like A Game About Making Numbers Go Up

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up, 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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    God of Stocks — Steam game cover

    God of Stocks

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    An incremental management game about manipulating the market to get filthy rich. Buy low, sell high, chain absurd combos and earn divine blessings from stock market gods. Will you play it safe or risk everything?

    2026CasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pibcremental — Steam game cover

    Pibcremental

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    A cozy, chaotic idle-incremental clicker about growing a civilisation of tiny creatures called Pibbles in a giant tree, set in a post-human world.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Clawless Coin — Steam game cover

    Clawless Coin

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    Ever won something from a claw machine? Neither has this one. Clawless Coin is a cozy incremental arcade idler where you run a neon-lit claw machine arcade, chase six tiers of trophy plushes, and prestige into trillions of tokens. Grab big. Grip harder. Grow your empire.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pure Idle — Steam game cover

    Pure Idle

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    Become the right hand of the Creator in the search for lost perfection. Collect the light of billions of stars, guiding them into the heart of a black hole to find the one — Pure Idle. Technologies, production chains, and a long journey to the most beautiful star in the universe.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation0.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Penguin Capitalism Simulator — Steam game cover

    Penguin Capitalism Simulator

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    Games are too stressful ... so I made one that literally plays itself

    2026IndieSimulationCasual6.15 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Idle Golf — Steam game cover

    Idle Golf

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    Idle Golf is a laid-back idle game where you upgrade your golfer, unlock powerful balls, and watch the money roll in as shots fly automatically down the range. Retire your runs to earn medals, unlock new gear, and push your earnings further with each swing.

    2026SportsStrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Idle Energy — Steam game cover

    Idle Energy

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    A small game about pushing the world forward, one crank at a time. Sell energy at the Market, build power plants, and climb from a manual workshop through eight eras to star-spanning cosmic civilization. Offline. No microtransactions or ads.

    2026IndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FishPond — Steam game cover

    FishPond

    Single-player alternative to A Game About Making Numbers Go Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with A Game About Making Numbers Go Up.

    Build a living pond where every fish has a unique genetic code. Breed for rare traits, balance oxygen and hunger, unlock new species, and watch your ecosystem compose its own soundtrack in real time. Part sim, part idle game, part science experiment gone beautifully wrong.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual3.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →