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Single-player games like TICKER

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to TICKER, 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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    HOPIATE — Steam game cover

    HOPIATE

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    A roguelike deckbuilder about day trading on someone else's money. Read a live market, time your exits, and stack cards that multiply what every winning trade pays. Five days to clear the target. Miss it and the account is gone for good.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DEBTMASTER — Steam game cover

    DEBTMASTER

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    You're drowning in debt and the interest never stops. Grind every hustle you can find -- card games, crypto mining, gig deliveries, content farming, and more -- while stacking upgrades from a pool of 1,000+. Automate with bots. Pay off your debt or drown trying. A roguelite capitalism satire.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Insurance Fraud — Steam game cover

    Insurance Fraud

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    A blackjack roguelike where hands pay for their shape, not just their total. Build absurd combos from upgrades and cards that have no business in a deck, then take five dealers for everything they’ve got. The insurance is not entirely legal.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Out Of Order - A Vending Machine Roguelike — Steam game cover

    Out Of Order - A Vending Machine Roguelike

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    Out of Order is a cozy roguelike deckbuilder about running a vending machine. Your stockroom is your deck, every day is one round of restocking, selling, and choosing new products. A run is twelve weeks at one venue. An increasing weekly quota decides whether your contract survives.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Card Homestead — Steam game cover

    Card Homestead

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    Card Homestead is a roguelike deckbuilder where card placement decides everything. Each day, draft one of three delivered cards and stack them onto your plot, engineering powerful chain reactions. Produce gold with efficient synergies and layouts to survive the ever-rising taxes.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SUITE:The Automated Card Engine — Steam game cover

    SUITE:The Automated Card Engine

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    SUITE: Automated Card Engine is a poker roguelike game. Run countless workshops, wield broken cards and bizarre Jokers, create dozens of unique poker hands, and earn chips on your way to becoming unbelievably rich.

    2026StrategyIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Neon Village — Steam game cover

    Neon Village

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    This game is a fusion of a "roguelike deck-builder" and "match-3 puzzle". Collect unique residents to create explosive synergies and develop a village glittering with neon!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SlotsNStocks — Steam game cover

    SlotsNStocks

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with TICKER.

    Rig the market in this deckbuilding slot machine roguelite. Draft hundreds of bearish and bullish symbols into your trading machine, collect powerful relics, and manipulate the odds to hit grueling weekly margin calls and avoid going bust.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Paddle Standing — Steam game cover

    Last Paddle Standing

    Single-player alternative to TICKER — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Pong meets battle royale. Last Paddle Standing throws up to 10 players into a chaotic arcade arena that shrinks with every elimination — and knocked-out players return as vengeful spirits to sabotage everyone still standing. Short matches. Maximum chaos.

    2026CasualSingle-playerSimilar games →