Single-player games like Gemtide
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Gemtide, 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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Harpooner
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gemtide.
Harpooner is an action-driven incremental fishing game where you hunt bizarre alien fish from a meteor crash. Grab your gear, grow stronger with every dive, and take down massive bosses to save Earth's ecosystem!
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I Only Moved My Mouse
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gemtide.
Your cursor is the blade. Never click — move the mouse and the sword cuts whatever its edge sweeps through. Take your hand off it and the blade fights on without you. Hold the core, clear endless waves, take an Awakening, then spend the shards on 100 sword tiers and a forge with no last level.
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Land Drifters
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gemtide.
Land Drifters is an incremental RPG game that can be played idle or active. Explore islands, unlock new skills and combat classes, overcome obstacles, and more! The game is jam-packed with many paths of progression intertwined throughout the game!
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Seabun
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gemtide.
Seabun is an incremental 2D survivor-like with creature collection elements, where you play a scientist bunny diving deeper and deeper to find the source of the sea's corruption. Haul your loot home between dives, grow your lab, and raise the fish you rescue into rideable mounts.
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PlinkIdle
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gemtide.
PlinkIdle is a retro-inspired game with an idle/incremental spin on a classic ball drop mechanic. Falling balls, rare buffs, and steady upgrades unlock colorful, cozy stages and immersive environments.
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Incrempire
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gemtide.
Defend. Upgrade. Dominate. A relaxing incremental base-defense game, packed with powerful skills and a deep skill tree.
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Prigod Idle
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gemtide.
Build a hero and send them into battle. When you get stuck, look at what went wrong, change your gear, gems, relics, pet or tech tree and try again. Prigod Idle is an idle auto-battler with strange bosses, 22 minigames and offline progress. Buy it once, with no ads or microtransactions.
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FishPond
Single-player alternative to Gemtide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gemtide.
Build a living pond where every fish has a unique genetic code. Breed for rare traits, balance oxygen and hunger, unlock new species, and watch your ecosystem compose its own soundtrack in real time. Part sim, part idle game, part science experiment gone beautifully wrong.