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Single-player games like Scratch the Ticket

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Scratch the Ticket, 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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    Pibcremental — Steam game cover

    Pibcremental

    Single-player alternative to Scratch the Ticket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scratch the Ticket.

    A cozy, chaotic idle-incremental clicker about growing a civilisation of tiny creatures called Pibbles in a giant tree, set in a post-human world.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bills Must Be Paid — Steam game cover

    Bills Must Be Paid

    Single-player alternative to Scratch the Ticket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scratch the Ticket.

    You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Deconsecration Initiative — Steam game cover

    The Deconsecration Initiative

    Single-player alternative to Scratch the Ticket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scratch the Ticket.

    A short incremental game about building a weapon to kill a god. Build your base, fire your laser, collect shards, Barry has turned into a slug. Upgrade your slugs.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mergeopolis — Steam game cover

    Mergeopolis

    Single-player alternative to Scratch the Ticket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scratch the Ticket.

    Merge matching buildings to grow a tiny island into a thriving city. Plan residential, commercial, industrial, and civic districts, reinvest their income, unlock more land, and build at your own pace in this relaxing incremental city builder.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sandwich +1 — Steam game cover

    Sandwich +1

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

    Your sandwiches are getting out of hand. Stack food towers, sell them off to drinks with faces, and eventually hire flying workers until they're doing all the clicking. One evening, and a real ending.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shard Cycle — Steam game cover

    Shard Cycle

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

    Shard Cycle is an incremental prospecting game about getting richer and stronger. Sweep your cursor through fields of thousands of crystals, spend your drops on upgrades, and unlock effects that shatter hundreds at once. Dig deeper for rarer, tougher crystals. Watch your numbers climb.

    2026SimulationCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Greediest Landlord — Steam game cover

    Greediest Landlord

    Single-player alternative to Scratch the Ticket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scratch the Ticket.

    Become a Dark Landlord in this Incremental game to purge human settlements in your domain. Convert trespassers into fuel for your dark arts. Cast plagues, drain souls, raise legions of minions, and expand your corrupted land to unleash chaos. Invoke the Dark God to reclaim your solitude once more

    StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fast Food Fortune — Steam game cover

    Fast Food Fortune

    Single-player alternative to Scratch the Ticket — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Scratch the Ticket.

    If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! Fast Food Fortune is a casual restaurant sim where you take a restaurant from the brink of financial ruin to a fast food fortune. Buy upgrades, update your restaurant, hire staff, and manage your way to the top of the fast food chain.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Melted Time — Steam game cover

    Melted Time

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

    Candle, your path is full of puzzles. Can you handle it? Hurry, your time is already melting away.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →