Single-player games like Ant
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Ant, 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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Oh Shear!
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant.
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!
- 2
Anty Crush
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant.
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.
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Sea and Sundry
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Ant.
Sea and Sundry is a short incremental game about an otter and the sea. Catch clams, scallops, and urchins before they slip away, then crack them open for the tasty morsels. Adapt each night for quicker hands, a sharper eye, or a heavier rock. Forage farther each day, all the way to the abyss.
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Quackyard
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant.
A cozy incremental farming sim about helping your duck friend clean out their backyard. Dig, mine and farm your way to clearing up the space so that a tea party with friends can be hosted.
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Ants Took the Kitchen
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant.
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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Happy Pawlets
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Ant.
Happy Pawlets is a pet-breeding and desktop companion game. Choose the parents, discover how colors, patterns, body shapes, and features pass through generations, raise your favorite offspring, and bring them onto your desktop.
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Hivekeepers
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Ant.
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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Petunia's Purgatory
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Ant.
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.
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Fruit Switch
Single-player alternative to Ant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Ant.
99% will Fail this challenge... This will be the Toughest challenge you'll face this year! Navigate through 23 brutal levels. One small mistake? and You’re back to the beginning. Passion is key, frustration is guaranteed. Good luck… you'll definitely need it...