Single-player games like Publisher Tycoon
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Publisher Tycoon, 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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PhD Simulator
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Publisher Tycoon.
PhD Simulator is a text-based strategy and life simulation game about doctoral study. Spend limited energy on research, papers, journal choices, and your advisor while managing stress, health, and unexpected events. Finish your dissertation and face the final review. How wold you manage your PhD?
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Idle Trading Simulator
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
Idle Trading Simulator - is a simulator of buying / selling currency in the stock market. The game will help you get a first idea of the financial market, without losing your real money.
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海边的忘川亭
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
Lethe Bar by the sea is a pixel-art afterlife sitcom. Play as AQi, a new Meng Po. Listen to ghost stories and brew custom soup using bizarre ingredients. Serve the perfect bowl to grant satisfaction or instant amnesia, sending souls on their way to reincarnation.
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Hidden Champion
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
Become a global player and experience the thrill of making a company internationally successful! Enter new markets, develop smart strategies, and grow your business into a world leader – all while facing exciting challenges and tough competition!
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A PhD Simulator - Publish & Perish
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
A satirical life-sim about surviving a biology PhD — run experiments, dodge scooping, manage your advisor, and try to graduate with your sanity (mostly) intact.
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Idling to Rule the Gods
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Publisher Tycoon.
Idling to Rule the Gods is a free to play Idle-Game with a lot of content and some Minigames. Depending on your play-style, you can play it fast or slow. Either way it can be fun for hundreds of hours!
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Pumping Simulator 2
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
A gas station management game, start by selling a car to raise funds and invest in an abandoned plot of land. Build, expand, and upgrade your gas station, diversify services, customize and manage time efficiently during peak hours. And maybe you will become rich
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Console Shop Simulator
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
Become the owner of a game store! Organize shelves, repair CDs, negotiate profits, promote your store via live stream, and increase customer satisfaction.
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Perfection of Wisdom
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
*Turn-based 1 vs 1 card battle game. *Total 150 skill cards, no-in-game-charge. *This game has 5 unique characters and each character has its own game system. *Casual card game and at the same time, have deep strategic possibilities.
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Game of Dragons
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Card deck building full 3D RPG game. Collect materials to craft gears. Assembles seals that can be mounted on equipment.
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Korean Rail Driving Tour-LRT Uijeongbu
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Publisher Tycoon.
This game is a railroad simulation game that allows you to experience actual railroad operation based on video footage of the driving direction of an actual train. Get feeling of being a train driver just by operating the accelerator and brakes. Enjoy “real” video of S.Korea’s beautiful scenery!
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Korean Rail Driving Tour LRT Busan-Gimhae
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Publisher Tycoon.
This game is a railroad simulation game that allows you to experience actual railroad operation based on 1080p, 60 frame video footage of the driving direction of an actual train. Get feeling of being a train driver just by operating the accelerator and brakes. Enjoy S.Korea’s beautiful scenery!
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The Return of Illunes
Single-player alternative to Publisher Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A hardcore turn-based roguelike where an AI running on YOUR machine writes each run's story, synergies, oaths, and the names and lore of your loot. Type your own free action — "cut the chandelier loose" — and the AI judges it and narrates the outcome. No servers. No subscription. Fully offline.