Single-player games like Planet Coaster
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Planet Coaster, 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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Planet Coaster 2
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Build and customise thrilling roller coasters and incredible water slides, manage the ultimate theme park experience, and share your epic creations. Are you ready to ride the wave?
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Planet Zoo
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
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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Parkitect
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Parkitect is a business simulation game that charges you with the construction and management of theme parks! Bringing back the best of classic theme park games with many new features and content on top. Now supports online co-op with up to 8 players!
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RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Triple Thrill Pack
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
This compilation includes the entire RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 series, with the original game as well as the Time Twister and Wacky Worlds expansions.
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Jurassic World Evolution
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Place yourself at the heart of the Jurassic franchise and build your own Jurassic World. Bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the world around them and face threats posed by espionage, breakouts and devastating tropical storms in an uncertain world where life always finds a way.
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
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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Two Point Hospital
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
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Megaquarium
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
The public aquarium simulator. Design your displays, look after your fish, manage your staff and keep your guests happy! It's all in a day's work as the curator of your very own Megaquarium.
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RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Create incredible parks in the original rollercoaster sim from Chris Sawyer.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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SimCity™ 4 Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition includes the bestselling SimCity 4 and the all-new SimCity 4 Rush Hour Expansion Pack. Create the most massive region of cities ever, with a farming town, bedroom community, high-tech commercial center, and industrial backbone.
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Theme Park Simulator: Rollercoaster Paradise
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Theme Park Simulator is a physics simulation game in which you experience a wide array of different attractions. Ranging from rollercoasters to bumper cars, there’s a ride for everyone in Theme Park Simulator!
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Jurassic World Evolution 2
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution. This bold new era in the Jurassic World Evolution game franchise builds upon the ground-breaking and immersive 2018 management simulation.
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Let's Build a Zoo
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
It's time to Build a Zoo! Construct and decorate enclosures, buy and breed animals, hire zookeepers and vets... then try your hand at DNA splicing, and stitch together over 300,000 different types of animal. This can only go smoothly...
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Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Planet Coaster.
The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection. Build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players.
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RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
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Elite Dangerous
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Planet Coaster.
Take control of your own starship and blaze your trail in an ever-changing galaxy. Master the arts of combat, mining and trade or venture out into the unknown across a 1:1 scale universe.
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Jurassic World Evolution 3
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Build your own Jurassic World. Nurture generations of dinosaurs with the series debut of juveniles, create and manage sprawling prehistoric parks around the globe, and let your imagination roar with powerful new creative options.
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F1® Manager 2022
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Make your mark on Formula 1® in the officially licensed F1® Manager 2022. Be the boss of your chosen constructor and pick from a roster of 2022 drivers and staff.
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F1® Manager 2024
Single-player alternative to Planet Coaster — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Planet Coaster.
Lead your team to glory in F1® Manager 2024. A new Formula 1® season has arrived, and with it, the most comprehensive F1® management experience to date. Build a legacy with one of 10 official F1® constructors or create your own team for the very first time.