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Single-player games like Big Market Simulator

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Big Market Simulator, 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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    Medville — Steam game cover

    Medville

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Big Market Simulator.

    Grow your colony to a full fledged trading empire, where individually simulated citizens participate in a complex economic system. They can produce 40 different artifacts, transport them over water or land, buy and sell according to their own budget and needs. Shape your city with custom buildings.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Laysara: Summit Kingdom — Steam game cover

    Laysara: Summit Kingdom

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Big Market Simulator.

    Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Captain of Industry — Steam game cover

    Captain of Industry

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Big Market Simulator.

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Casino Resort Tower — Steam game cover

    Casino Resort Tower

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Big Market Simulator.

    Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.

    2023StrategySimulationEarly Access19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Academia : School Simulator — Steam game cover

    Academia : School Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Big Market Simulator.

    Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Surviving Mars: Relaunched — Steam game cover

    Surviving Mars: Relaunched

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Big Market Simulator.

    The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.

    2025StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rise of Industry — Steam game cover

    Rise of Industry

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Big Market Simulator.

    Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Factory Town — Steam game cover

    Factory Town

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Big Market Simulator.

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Women's School Simulator 2022 — Steam game cover

    Women's School Simulator 2022

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Big Market Simulator.

    School simulation game 2022 edition. A school simulator game that recreates a girls' school with cherry blossoms on a small anime-style island. You control the yandere-like protagonist and attend classes, participate in club activities, buy sweets, and go to the beach.

    2024ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Poolrooms Museum — Steam game cover

    Poolrooms Museum

    Single-player alternative to Big Market Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Big Market Simulator.

    Explore surreal poolrooms, museums, and endless liminal spaces.

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →