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Single-player games like Miseria

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Miseria, 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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    Cradle of the Dark Brood — Steam game cover

    Cradle of the Dark Brood

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Miseria.

    A dark fantasy incremental breeding game where you cultivate a monstrous brood, inherit stronger traits, unlock mutations and automation, then send your evolving creatures into conquest across a hostile corpse-world.

    2026IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bones and Coins — Steam game cover

    Bones and Coins

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Miseria.

    An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.

    2026ActionStrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knightfall Idle — Steam game cover

    Knightfall Idle

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Miseria.

    Developed by Gibber, Knightfall Idle is a free to play, infinite-progression idle game. Master a living economy through a player-driven Auction House while gathering resources, fighting enemies, farming, trading, and managing your kingdom.

    StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mushi — Steam game cover

    Mushi

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Miseria.

    Mushi is a single-player idle/incremental RPG. Level up, gather loot and explore a rich fantasy world.

    2026IndieSimulationRPG13.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brainrotting — Steam game cover

    Brainrotting

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Miseria.

    Brainrotting is an incremental game about doomscrolling or solving minigames, getting upgrades and eventually automating your dopamine generation.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Web — Steam game cover

    Dark Web

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Miseria.

    Start a cartel from your basement in this dark web incremental sim. Grow weed, sell exotic tigers, hire hitmen, and scam sweet, innocent old ladies. Trade meme coins, gamble crypto on blackjack, outsmart the Feds, sell stolen data, and blackmail grannies to bake weed brownies for your empire!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie2.69 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Buerokratie Idler: Germany — Steam game cover

    Buerokratie Idler: Germany

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Miseria.

    Process forms, stamp paperwork, and turn a tiny office into an absurd bureaucracy machine. A satirical idle/clicker game about fictional German-style administration - absolutely not official.

    2026SimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Master Healer Kale with useless party — Steam game cover

    Master Healer Kale with useless party

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Miseria.

    A short incremental game where you play as a Healer in a party. Your main job is to keep your party alive. Upgrade 200+ skills in a skill tree, from healing to party damage. Designed to be completed in around 4 hours.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Woodboy — Steam game cover

    Woodboy

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Miseria.

    You have five days to save everyone!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whitehaven — Steam game cover

    Whitehaven

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.

    2021Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evergreen - Mountain Life Simulator — Steam game cover

    Evergreen - Mountain Life Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Miseria.

    Evergreen is a simulation game about leaving the stress of the city behind and starting a new life in a mountain valley.

    2023Simulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BEASTWATCH: Meat & Mayhem — Steam game cover

    BEASTWATCH: Meat & Mayhem

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Beastwatch is a retro-style horror shooter in which you play a security guard working his first night in a slaughterhouse.

    2024Action11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crack it Up! — Steam game cover

    Crack it Up!

    Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Miseria.

    Crack it Up! is a trading card collecting game. Order booster packs from your 90s computer, crack them up, sell your duplicates and rarest cards for profit and complete your collections!

    2024Casual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →