Single-player games like Chest Buster
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Chest Buster, 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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Bills Must Be Paid
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chest Buster.
You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!
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Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chest Buster.
A Lovecraftian idle RPG with auto-battles, loot farming, chests, team strategy, town building, gear crafting, Runewords, stages, towers, realms, and seasons. Serve the Old Gods, build your town, corrupt the chosen, and fight for their awakening!
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Incremental Wars
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chest Buster.
A short incremental game where you battle enemies with a four-person party while collecting loot. Over roughly four hours of gameplay, you’ll unlock a variety of new skills, defeat enemies, and explore different locations in this RPG-style idle game.
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Screen Survivors
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chest Buster.
An idle survivor-like that sits in the corner of your screen.
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Skeleseller
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chest Buster.
You're a skeleton shopkeep who hires adventurers to collect loot for you after your untimely demise. Send adventurers into battle, sell what they find, and build up your town in this laid-back idle game!
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Agrivore: Incremental Farming
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Chest Buster.
🥕🥔🌽👑 Feed the King! Agrivore is an incremental farming idle game where you equip magical farming gear, harvest crops, unlock new equipment, and create hyper combos in your skill tree. Harvest the most crops to feed them to your gluttonous King.
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Thousand Floors
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chest Buster.
Tower Climbers carry amber light; allies follow through misty pagodas in an endless Eastern tower. Thousands Floors blends side-view pixel art with hands-off combat—summon, upgrade, and let them climb. Grow via allies, floor lockdown, and relics.
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Fantasy Idle Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Chest Buster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chest Buster.
In Fantasy Idle Dungeon, hatch and capture rare Jenin, awaken their legendary skills and talents, and experience the joy of leveling up, evolving, and fusing them. Freely customize your gear, assemble an unbeatable adventure team, and claim glorious victories with effortless idle gameplay!