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Single-player games like Miseria

Below are 14 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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    Verilight — Steam game cover

    Verilight

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

    Build your team in a colorful pixel-art incremental RPG where heroes fight automatically, powerful skills evolve, and every adventure brings new treasures, enemies, and epic bosses to overcome.

    IndieSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Group Idlemen — Steam game cover

    Group Idlemen

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

    Train Skills to 99, take on key bosses for RARE LOOT, Raids, & Expeditions. Control all 5 people in your group and climb the leaderboards!

    2026AdventureSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Desk Top Racer — Steam game cover

    Desk Top Racer

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

    Turn your desktop into a living racetrack with this idle racing management game. Acquire cars, equip parts, and compete online against other players. Win championships and expand your garage through Mastery, Collections, and new rewards.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mythic Manager — Steam game cover

    Mythic Manager

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

    Run the ultimate MMORPG guild. Recruit players with their own attributes, traits, careers, and stats. Conquer dungeons, raids, and the monthly arena tournament. Build a dynasty as your stars rise, age, and retire.

    2026SportsStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons — Steam game cover

    Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons

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

    Legends of Dragaea: Idle Dungeons is a First Person Idle Dungeon Crawler with 6 unique races, robust combat, a grand saga spanning a continent full of unique dungeons, a classless skill system, and extensive guild management system to master as you uncover the secrets of the world of Dragaea!

    2025IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sludgineers — Steam game cover

    Sludgineers

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

    Clean, mine and refine pollution in this active incremental game. Cruise through the countryside earning cash and resources, build a refinery, process materials, upgrade equipment, unlock new areas and complete quests.

    2026SimulationCasual5.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator — Steam game cover

    Tower Walker: MMO Grind Simulator

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

    Tower Walker is a fresh new type of addictive semi-idle auto-grinder rich with features, inspired by classic MMORPGS and RTS games with indirect control over your hero. The mysterious tower awaits!

    2023IndieSimulationRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dwarf Eats Mountain — Steam game cover

    Dwarf Eats Mountain

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

    Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-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 →
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    Digbound — Steam game cover

    Digbound

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

    Dig. Sell. Upgrade. Dig deeper.

    SimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →