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Single-player games like The Completionist: 1980-1989

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Completionist: 1980-1989, 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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    Own The Map — Steam game cover

    Own The Map

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    Claim real locations on a living world map, grow a persistent property empire, and manage upgrades, contracts, transport, companies, prestige cards, and city events alongside a shared online community.

    StrategyIndieSimulationFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    UFO98 — Steam game cover

    UFO98

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    Defy the government, leak top-secret alien telemetry, and wake up the world… inside an isolated Win98 workstation.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    10k Generators: The Ultimate Idle Game — Steam game cover

    10k Generators: The Ultimate Idle Game

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    10k generators, 20+ currencies. Master 5 prestige trees. Convert currencies, earn interest, unlock perks, stack bonuses, research, climb tiers, evolve, and level globally. Auto-buy included. Deep. Strategic. Endless.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdom Klicker — Steam game cover

    Kingdom Klicker

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    Kingdom Klicker is an idle clicker game you found on an old 80s computer that allows you to build, upgrade and organize a kingdom, but as you play it becomes more and more clear that something lurks beneath the surface, trying to get out...

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation4.04 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  5. 5
    OurClicker — Steam game cover

    OurClicker

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    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!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.05 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Incremental Pain Profit — Steam game cover

    Incremental Pain Profit

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    Click, topple and profit! Knock over tiny wandering Humans, hire Animals to cause chaos, collect mountains of coins and grow your ridiculous empire. Unlock powerful Rebirth upgrades, defeat Bosses and turn a peaceful board into a glorious mess of falling people.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sam, We Talked About This — Steam game cover

    Sam, We Talked About This

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    Every sentence, image and video on the internet will feed Sam's bottomless hunger! Train your models, grow your subscribers, buy new hardware and scrape even more data, all to build a super-duper artificial intelligence and leave every rival behind.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Money Laundering Raccoon — Steam game cover

    Money Laundering Raccoon

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    A gang of raccoons have decided to start a money laundering business. There's just one problem: they misunderstood what "money laundering" actually means. Now they've got a laundromat, a suspicious amount of cash, and absolutely no idea what they're doing.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Pinball Wizard — Steam game cover

    The Pinball Wizard

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    In this pinball dungeon crawler, your goal is to dash, hurl, and flip your way to the top of the tower castle. Level up skills, loot treasure, and fight monsters in this cozy single-player game. Explore and discover the key to each room, restore the power of The Eye, and bring peace to the lands.

    2022ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deck 'Em! — Steam game cover

    Deck 'Em!

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    Look, kid. Deck Em! is a solitaire-style boxing game. A card game you play to play. But you’re not even a contender. You’re a nobody. A total long shot. The Champ is a stone-cold killer. As big as an ox. Stronger than oak. But you got a lot of heart, kid. And, Mickey loves you.

    2023SportsStrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Escape From The Red Planet — Steam game cover

    Escape From The Red Planet

    Single-player alternative to The Completionist: 1980-1989 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Completionist: 1980-1989.

    Escape From The Red Planet simplifies resource management, tower defence, and first-person mechanics into a singular arcade experience. On the latest mission to Mars, the Orion III crash-landed. With Martian attacks looming, Houston most definitely has a problem!

    2023StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →