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Single-player games like Demolish & Build 2017

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Demolish & Build 2017, 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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    Demolish & Build 2018 — Steam game cover

    Demolish & Build 2018

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Your company is going global. Use big machines to demolish huge buildings or go close and personal and use your hammer. Buy land properties, upgrade your machines and hire workers in different parts of the world.

    2018IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kyle Simulator — Steam game cover

    Kyle Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Welcome to Kyle Simulator, where you can experience a realistic simulation of an everyday Kyle. Your goals are defined. Mutant Energy & Walls. You know what to do.

    2019Simulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plane Graveyard Simulator — Steam game cover

    Plane Graveyard Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Visit the world's largest airplane graveyard and explore the huge desert filled with wrecks. Hundreds of tons of steel and rusted electronics are waiting. Dismantle airplanes, earn money from scrap, and complete tasks from your employer!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brick Rigs — Steam game cover

    Brick Rigs

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!

    2023Simulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GearBlocks — Steam game cover

    GearBlocks

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Explore a world of creative building, interactive machines, and gears - lots of gears. Build all things mechanical: cars, trucks, cranes, tanks, gearboxes, engines, clocks, anything you can think of. Test your creations to destruction in challenging scenarios, and share them in the workshop!

    2023IndieSimulationEarly Access14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Landlord's Super — Steam game cover

    Landlord's Super

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Your quintessential construction simulator is here. Take a dodgy loan, restore a property, move in the locals, attend to their grievances, then celebrate with a pint in this fully-simulated, open-world 1980's Britain.

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Engineers — Steam game cover

    Space Engineers

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Space Engineers is a sandbox engineering game where you design and build ships, stations, and planetary bases in a fully destructible environment. Explore planets and space, mine resources, survive hazards, and engage in combat alone or with friends in Creative or Survival modes.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Teardown — Steam game cover

    Teardown

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    House Flipper — Steam game cover

    House Flipper

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!

    2018IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Thief Simulator — Steam game cover

    Thief Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    Become the best thief. Gather intel, steal things and sell them to buy hi-tech equipment. Do everything that a real thief does.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    American Theft 80s — Steam game cover

    American Theft 80s

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    From the THIEF SIMULATOR developers. It's the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, classic cars, and if you get caught, outrun the police!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    American Theft 80s: Prologue — Steam game cover

    American Theft 80s: Prologue

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    You're Jack, a thief in the 80s. Steal VCRs, tapes, and other 80s items in this prologue of American Theft 80s! Newest game from THIEF SIMULATOR developers.

    2022ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Thief Simulator 3 — Steam game cover

    Thief Simulator 3

    Single-player alternative to Demolish & Build 2017 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Demolish & Build 2017.

    The Thief is back! Play solo or team up in CO-OP as a duo of thieves, plan the perfect hits, or improvise when things go wrong. From pickpocket to crime boss – only the best gangs will make it to the top.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →