Single-player games like Airline Empire
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Airline Empire, 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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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Planet Coaster
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
Planet Coaster® - the future of coaster park simulation games has arrived! Surprise, delight and thrill incredible crowds as you build your coaster park empire - let your imagination run wild, and share your success with the world.
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Planet Zoo
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim. Construct detailed habitats, manage your zoo, and meet authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them.
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Transport Fever 2
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
The classic transport simulation genre has a new gold standard with Transport Fever 2. Discover a whole new world by navigating transport routes through land, water and air. May progress and prosperity find their way!
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Project Hospital
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.
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Weedcraft Inc
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.
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TransOcean 2: Rivals
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
In TransOcean 2: Rivals you face a new challenge as the boss of your own shipping line in both single-player and - for the first time - multiplayer mode: The international competition has gotten a lot tougher and the battle for the most lucrative contracts has only just begun.
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The Invisible Hand
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airline Empire.
Want to get rich, quick? Welcome to FERIOS, where you’ll be empowered to pursue wealth and success as a mid-level stockbroker! Your wildest dreams of wealth can come true… at the cost of everything else.
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Aster
Single-player alternative to Airline Empire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Aster is a classic arcade style shooter, with fast action, aliens, (and sex). Earth is fighting a losing battle against aliens from another galaxy, and things are looking bleak. In a desperate gambit, Earth's military calls upon a hired gun to turn the tide.