Single-player games like What the Buck?!
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to What the Buck?!, 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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Decrypting Life
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with What the Buck?!.
Decrypting Life is a short, nostalgic incremental game where you restore corrupted files to uncover a story from the 2000s
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Scam Artist
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with What the Buck?!.
An idle game in which you make money by scamming people. Place down the old shell game or even rigged slot machines to make money by all means necessary and use it to turn your shabby apartment into your very own luxurious scam business.
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OurClicker
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.
From the creators of OurLife and OurCoven, OurClicker is a brand new clicker game that puts you in charge of an up-and-coming Game Development Studio where all you do is... CLICK!
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Incremental Donuts
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.
Start with one donut. End with a multidimensional bakery empire. Click, automate, expand, unlock the Research Lab, run a Storefront, and break through to the Donut Hole. A layered idle game that keeps unfolding new systems until your mouse screams for mercy.
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Project: C.E.L.L.
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.
An arcade incremental where you run cellular simulations for a megacorp obsessed with immortality. Break glucose, build combos, and spend ATP across a massive skill tree. Experiment with different glucose types, proteins, and lipids from your retro terminal.
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Minesweeper Inc.
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.
A Minesweeper-inspired incremental where every cell you dig pays. Run short shifts, buy upgrades between them, and work your way up a seven-floor company tower — glaciers, volcanoes, deep space, a casino on top. Mines? That's what insurance is for.
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A BILLION GOLD DEBT
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.
Grow your settlement, automate production, explore the surrounding lands, and trade with your neighbors to repay a debt of 1 BILLION gold!
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Idle Casino Empire
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.
An idle casino tycoon where you build the floor, then rig it. Turn casino psychology into upgrades. Play blackjack, roulette, and slots in Owner Mode. Use the Owner's Edge to cheat: nudge reels, peek at hidden cards, read marked cards. Eight venues, a prestige loop. The house is you.
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Bouncemetry
Single-player alternative to What the Buck?! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with What the Buck?!.
Bouncemetry is a physics-based incremental game focused on geometric simulations. Unlock different scenarios, such as bouncing mechanics, glass shattering, and color filling, and run them simultaneously. Generate passive income and infinitely scale your simulation parameters through a skill tree.