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
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.
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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.
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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.
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Knightfall Idle
Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Miseria.
Knightfall Idle is a medieval idle RPG made by Gibber. Gather, process, trade, and fight across 10 skills while your kingdom runs in the background. Join a Fief, raid bandit camps, compete in seasonal leagues, or stay in the permanent realm. 450+ passive tree nodes. Free to play.
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OurClicker
Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Miseria.
From the creators of OurLife and OurCoven, OurClicker is a brand new clicker game that puts you in charge of an up-and-coming Game Development Studio where all you do is... CLICK!
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Grandpa Loves Trains
Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Miseria.
Grandpa has retired and now spends his days playing with his toy trains. With the station needing a new conductor, the responsibility falls to his grandson, Abraham. Board passengers, unlock powerful abilities through a skill tree, and expand your railway empire in this cozy incremental roguelite.
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Brainrotting
Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Miseria.
Brainrotting is a "scroller" desktop simulator about doomscrolling or solving minigames, getting upgrades and eventually automating your dopamine generation.
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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!
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Woodboy
Single-player alternative to Miseria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Miseria.
You have five days to save everyone!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!