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Single-player games like Heartwood Incremental

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Heartwood Incremental, 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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    Tiny Slime Farm — Steam game cover

    Tiny Slime Farm

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heartwood Incremental.

    A cozy desktop idle game where cute slimes bounce around your tiny farm while you work or study.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Feed The Forest — Steam game cover

    Feed The Forest

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Heartwood Incremental.

    A short, innocent incremental forest-builder. Unlock snail powers to spread life in a barren desert. Feed the mysterious Forest with juice. And remember: Blood is a type of juice.

    SimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bottled by Bears — Steam game cover

    Bottled by Bears

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heartwood Incremental.

    Join a family of bears and run the buzziest little honey farm! Collect and discover rare bees, bottle honey jars, expand your farm, and watch your flowery field bloom in this cozy idle management game.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    High Rice — Steam game cover

    High Rice

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heartwood Incremental.

    In this short incremental farming game, you will plant rice on a rooftop, create various goods out of it, automate using robot helpers and watch the citizens of the hidden cyberpunk city evolve as they patronize your products.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stop and Smell the Flowers — Steam game cover

    Stop and Smell the Flowers

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Heartwood Incremental.

    Relax in your shady garden and watch the flowers grow. Seeds have a chance of mutating into a new species of flower -- follow the chart to complete the collection of over 100 flower types!

    2026SimulationCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PomoFarm — Steam game cover

    PomoFarm

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Heartwood Incremental.

    PomoFarm is half focus timer and half idle farming game! As Tomato the Duck, grow your farm as you focus on tasks in the real world!

    2022SimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rusty's Retirement — Steam game cover

    Rusty's Retirement

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heartwood Incremental.

    A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Garbage Growth — Steam game cover

    Garbage Growth

    Single-player alternative to Heartwood Incremental — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heartwood Incremental.

    Garbage Growth is a short incremental trash game about collecting people's trash, bananas and even babies, to make money and pollute the world even more. Hire rats, grow your pollution, and make everything worse!

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →