Single-player games like When stars rest
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to When stars rest, 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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Protect the Pit
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with When stars rest.
Attack with your cursor, build towers and walls to defend your pit! An incremental clicker that combines tower defense, maze building, and large upgrade trees. Earn money, upgrade your defenses, and build winding mazes to stop the hordes of the Dark Forest.
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Essence Harvest
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with When stars rest.
A unique combination of a classical incremental game with a more action based bullet-heaven game. Featuring a huge upgrade tree with around 200 permanent upgrades, plus relics, boons and more. Wishlist now and see how strong you can get.
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Harpooner
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with When stars rest.
Harpooner is an action-driven incremental fishing game where you hunt bizarre alien fish from a meteor crash. Grab your gear, grow stronger with every dive, and take down massive bosses to save Earth's ecosystem!
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Meow My Crop!
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with When stars rest.
Meow My Crop! is a cozy farming mini-game where every keystroke and click makes your crops grow. Team up or sneak around to steal your friends’ fruits, then trade your hard-earned harvest for cute decorations to style your own little plot.
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SuperReap
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with When stars rest.
Super Reap is a cozy active incremental harvesting game where you swing your scythe through wildly overgrown crops, sell resources for coins, unlock talents, skill cards, gear, and new harvesting methods, and transform a rundown farm into an efficient reaping paradise.
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Bills Must Be Paid
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with When stars rest.
You're broke, smash piggy banks, bills must be paid. A short active incremental game. Get money, upgrade, and get debt free!
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Idle Archery
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with When stars rest.
In Idle Archery, destroy targets to earn money, hire archers and stack upgrades to multiply your income.
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Rock Diver
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with When stars rest.
Land, mine, fill your pack, and head back to your ship. Become a Rock Diver in this incremental adventure as you travel across alien worlds, extract valuable minerals, upgrade your gear, and greet the locals along the way.
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Package chaos
Single-player alternative to When stars rest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with When stars rest.
Package Chaos is a cozy package sorting game where you turn a messy warehouse into a perfectly organized delivery center. Pick up, inspect, sort thousands of unique packages and enjoy the satisfying feeling of a perfectly organized warehouse.