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Single-player games like Retro Clicker

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Retro Clicker, 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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    Card Maker Simulator — Steam game cover

    Card Maker Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Retro Clicker.

    Create unique cards, increase your cards’ power, form teams, face strategic battles, and build legendary bloodlines. In Card Maker Simulator, every card has a story, rivalries, marriages, pets, and glory. A card creation game where you create your own legends!

    2026IndieSimulationRPG7.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Idle Pixels — Steam game cover

    Idle Pixels

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Retro Clicker.

    A complex idle clicker game with infinite possibilities. Prestige, tiers, perks, bosses, different worlds, interest, bets and many more gameplay features are available!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cybersoul — Steam game cover

    Cybersoul

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Retro Clicker.

    Multiplayer Deckbuilding Card Game & Incremental Idler. Command 3+ dystopian factions & 1100+ cards in this acid-soaked Cyberpunk Card Battler. Unleash glitch-fueled combos, gamble in a corrupted Arcade, and farm Souls & Star Power. Don't just play the game—break the code and ascend.

    2025ActionSportsStrategyFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Idle Turrets Pixel Defense — Steam game cover

    Idle Turrets Pixel Defense

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Retro Clicker.

    Defend the pixel frontier! Upgrade your turrets AND your enemies in this unique idle defense game. Prestige, evolve, collect permanent perks, defeat bosses, and climb difficulty tiers. How deep can your defense go?

    2026IndieSimulationRPG6.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Card Collector Battle — Steam game cover

    Card Collector Battle

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Retro Clicker.

    A 2D turn-based auto-battler about collecting gods. Summon 432 guardians from Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Egyptian, Norse and Greek mythology, then fuse duplicates into the copies you own to raise their borders from silver to celestial. Your deck decides the fight.

    2026ActionStrategySimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Realms Cup — Steam game cover

    Realms Cup

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Retro Clicker.

    Fantasy football meets deck-building. Build your fantasy football squad from 120+ unique cards across Human, Orc, Elf, and Dwarf races. Open packs, level up your roster, and win the coveted Realms Cup to become the ultimate champion of the Realms!

    2026SportsStrategyIndie2.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Loop Tower — Steam game cover

    Loop Tower

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Retro Clicker.

    Loop Tower tells the story of adventurers climbing an endless tower. Place it on a corner of your desktop and help them continue their ascent. Experience a fresh blend of desktop idle gameplay + roguelike + RPG right now!

    2027IndieSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hallowers the pilgrimage — Steam game cover

    Hallowers the pilgrimage

    Single-player alternative to Retro Clicker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Retro Clicker.

    Hallowers, the pilgrimage, is a Card and Creature collection turn based RPG where you command the spirits of the Kin Realm in your first Hallower pilgrimage. Train them, fight with them, give them forbidden attacks and evolve them into powerful beings at the height of the very Gods.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →