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Single-player games like Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!, 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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    Jewels of the Wild West: Match 3 to Build Your City — Steam game cover

    Jewels of the Wild West: Match 3 to Build Your City

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Free To Play and Casual with Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!.

    Match-3 gameplay meets Wild West adventures in this story-rich puzzle game and city builder. Enjoy casual tile matching and build town landmarks as you restore Colinstown, explore the frontier, and turn a dusty American outpost into a thriving legend.

    2026Free To PlayCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jewels of Rome: Match-3 Game and City Builder — Steam game cover

    Jewels of Rome: Match-3 Game and City Builder

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Free To Play and Casual with Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!.

    A story-driven match-3 game set in the Roman Empire. Rebuild a fallen settlement and turn it into a large, thriving city. Choose what to build first, complete character quests to explore the story, and solve challenging puzzles. Join limited-time events, play mini-games, and team up with friends.

    2026Free To PlayCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age — Steam game cover

    TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Lead your small caravan on a great journey across the ancient world, in a story-driven RTS where protecting your family and friends matters more than conquest.

    2026StrategyEarly Access16.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!.

    One of the most innovative Real-Time Strategy Games comes back totally renewed and improved to the smallest detail, with epic large scale battles, new civilizations, unit customization system never seen before in a game, 8K support, and much more.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant — Steam game cover

    Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!.

    Life sim set in the Ancient Roman Republic. Experience life and events in Ancient Rome through multiple generations of a family, helping them grow from lowly commoners to mighty Senators. Long live the Republic!

    2019IndieSimulationRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Empire Architect — Steam game cover

    Empire Architect

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Empire Architect is an ancient city-building real time strategy game, with elements from grand strategies sprinkled in for good measure. The levels are procedurally generated, and you have limited control over your subjects

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Havsala: Into the Soul Palace — Steam game cover

    Havsala: Into the Soul Palace

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!.

    Havsala is an investigative puzzle game with rich storytelling full of historical references and mysticism. Search the room for the clues left behind by the previous reincarnations of a single soul, solve the puzzles and unravel the mystery.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure2.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A World of Keflings — Steam game cover

    A World of Keflings

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!.

    Keflings may be small, but their kingdom-building adventures are gigantic! Build a world with your friends in A World of Keflings! Harvest resources, construct robots, befriend a dragon, and help a creepy witch get even creepier in this update of the classic 2010 city-building adventure.

    2025AdventureSimulationCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sherlock: Hidden Object & Match-3 Mystery — Steam game cover

    Sherlock: Hidden Object & Match-3 Mystery

    Single-player alternative to Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Free To Play and Casual with Emperor of Mahjong: Match Mahjong Tiles, Build Your City!.

    Explore familiar stories with Sherlock Holmes! Solve mysteries, find hidden objects, and play match-3 puzzles to restore classic tales. Join clans, take part in events, and uncover secrets across hundreds of detailed levels — the magnifying glass is in your hands!

    2025Free To PlayCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →