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Single-player games like How To Grow a Black Hole

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to How To Grow a Black Hole, 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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    Astromental Incremental — Steam game cover

    Astromental Incremental

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    Mesmerizing incremental idle clicker game about space. When objects collide, you receive matter. Use this matter to unlock and upgrade objects in your star system. Use powerful Abilities. Dive into the Prestige system (Warp) with a wide Skill Tree, and discover new star systems with new bonuses.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ECHIDNA — Steam game cover

    ECHIDNA

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    A dead god drifts in the dark. Build a salvage fleet that carves it apart cell by cell, and watch a colossal carcass melt into a storm of flying debris and climbing numbers. Strip it to the bone then evolve and start again on something bigger.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pure Idle — Steam game cover

    Pure Idle

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    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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    Infinity Bounce — Steam game cover

    Infinity Bounce

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    Turn the galaxy into a chaotic pinball machine to feed a voracious space cat in this physics-based incremental game. Expand and upgrade your arsenal of various celestial bodies and stuff the cat to the brink of a big bang.

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    Androsystem Idle — Steam game cover

    Androsystem Idle

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    Produce Androids and create a Fleet that will help you conquer new planets. Mine valuable minerals that will further increase your production capacity.

    2024IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Node Factory — Steam game cover

    Node Factory

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    Dive into the world of machine learning! Node Factory is a node-based automation incremental game where you harvest resources and train neural networks. Manage your economy, optimize your grid, and automate your way to a multi-Centillion dollar tech empire.

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    Signal Foundry — Steam game cover

    Signal Foundry

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    A cozy idle game about reviving an abandoned deep-space refinery. Get the scanner running, dig up ore, build the machines that process it, and let your drones run the place while you're away. Two prestige layers, 30 achievements, a 19-track soundtrack, and no microtransactions, ever.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual3.89 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Odyssée Stellaire — Steam game cover

    Odyssée Stellaire

    Single-player alternative to How To Grow a Black Hole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with How To Grow a Black Hole.

    Board your ship and push the boundaries of space exploration in this contemplative space incremental. Gather resources, develop your technology, and travel from the Moon to the edge of the solar system to answer a mysterious signal from the stars.

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