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Single-player games like Ants Took the Kitchen

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Ants Took the Kitchen, 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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    Anty Crush — Steam game cover

    Anty Crush

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Lead a tiny ant colony through a giant candy world. Crush sweets, collect crumbs, unlock upgrades, grow your colony, and help the Queen evolve in this cozy incremental game.

    IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Raccoon Inc. — Steam game cover

    Raccoon Inc.

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Bin Dive is tired of eating from the trash! Help this enterprising raccoon build a business up from flipping junk to a sprawling mega corporation unlike the world has ever seen. Start businesses, upgrade them, hire animals to help you, sit back and watch the money flow in this idler tycoon.

    2027IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fablewood Chronicles — Steam game cover

    Fablewood Chronicles

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Civilization, automated. Build a nation of moveable regions that runs while you work, then come back and see who took the crown while you were gone.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ant — Steam game cover

    Ant

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Build a living ant colony that can stay on your desktop while you work. Hatch unusual ants, place nest and food rooms, collect coins, and expand from a glass habitat into drawers, pipes, walls, roots, and the forgotten depths below.

    2027IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    INCREMINER — Steam game cover

    INCREMINER

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Build an ever-growing colony of autonomous dwarves in an immense procedural world. Mine deeper, manage resources, unlock explosive weapons and industrial vehicles, and turn a tiny settlement into a screen-filling mining empire.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aquora — Steam game cover

    Aquora

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Breed, raise, and sell pixel fish in your own living aquarium. Over 400 quadrillion possible fish. Chase ultra-rare mythic traits through generations of genetics, decorate your tank, fish the river, and grow a humble starter pair into an aquatic empire, even while you're away.

    2027IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fishcremental — Steam game cover

    Fishcremental

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Fishcremental is a ridiculously cozy underwater adventure where you catch super cute fish, discover game-changing upgrades, and fill the whole sea with satisfying firework glory.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oh Shear! — Steam game cover

    Oh Shear!

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Grab your shears and build a cozy wool empire! Oh Shear! is a relaxing incremental game about managing a colorful flock of sheep. Upgrade your tools, automate the pasture, and master the skill tree. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the 'shear satisfaction' of numbers going up!

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gravity Block — Steam game cover

    Gravity Block

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Gravity Block is a minimalist game. Rotate screen so that the block reaches portal.

    2021IndieCasual1.29 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gravity Block 2 — Steam game cover

    Gravity Block 2

    Single-player alternative to Ants Took the Kitchen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Ants Took the Kitchen.

    Gravity Block 2 is a minimalist puzzle game where the player must control the environment to make the Block reach the end.

    2024IndieCasual1.29 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →