Single-player games like Toby's Carrot Patch
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Toby's Carrot Patch, 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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Cozy Fishing Life
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
A cozy little fishing game that lives on your desktop. Adorable animals fish on your wallpaper while you work — collect 300+ fish, grow an aquarium, build your boat fleet, and relax. Idle-friendly, wholesome, always cozy.
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Desktop Pet: Idle Cats Cozy Chaotic Companions for your screen
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
Adopt cozy cats for your desktop. Watch them nap, wander, climb, chase toys, earn Hearts, and cause tiny chaos while you work or relax.
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Nanoquarium
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
A whisper-quiet aquarium that lives in the corner of your screen. Collect 200+ real-world fish across tropical, coldwater and reef tanks, breed them for rare strains, run a whole fishroom, and let the tank tick over while you work. No pressure, no fail state — just your fish, drifting.
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Hivekeepers
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
A relaxing and strategic beehive roguelike. Collect honey, hatch bees, and unlock powerful upgrades as your bees defend the hive from hungry invaders.
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Ants Took the Kitchen
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
In Ants Took the Kitchen, you lead a small colony of ants determined to take over the kitchen. Collect crumbs, carry increasingly larger pieces of food, buy upgrades for each area, automate the collection process, and turn a simple corner of the floor into a hungry swarm.
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Desktop‑LivablePlanet
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
A soothing little planet for your desktop—farm, fish, and enjoy a leisurely life with your neighbors.If you often find yourself staring blankly at your computer while busy with work and want something that doesn't require mental effort...Welcome to your very own desktop "Livable Planet."
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Beellionaire Idle
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
In Bee-lionaire Idle, harvest your hives, process the honey, sell your products, and reinvest your profits in your farm. Unlock new equipment, boost your production, and build a honey empire starting from a single hive.
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Petunia's Purgatory
Single-player alternative to Toby's Carrot Patch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Toby's Carrot Patch.
Petunia's Purgatory is a creepy-cute idle farming game that lives at the bottom of your screen. Grow cursed crops, feed the Elder God, and keep Petunia sane before her hallucinations invade your desktop.