Single-player games like Oh Shear!
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Oh Shear!, 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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Ant
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oh Shear!.
Build a living ant colony that can stay on your desktop while you work. Hatch unusual ants, place nest and food rooms, collect coins, and expand from a glass habitat into drawers, pipes, walls, roots, and the forgotten depths below.
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Sea and Sundry
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Oh Shear!.
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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Flower Tower
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Oh Shear!.
A short, relaxing incremental game about growing flowers, where your garden quietly thrives and blooms on its own.
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Ants Took the Kitchen
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oh Shear!.
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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CRETA: Taskbar Fishing
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oh Shear!.
A cozy idle fishing game that lives on your taskbar. Catch and collect fish while you work, stream, or play something else, then open Advanced Mode to manage gear, professions, shack upgrades, and new regions.
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Anty Crush
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oh Shear!.
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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HarvestCo.
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oh Shear!.
HarvestCo is a farming incremental idle game where a small field turns into an increasingly efficient money-making machine. Harvest crops, buy upgrades, grow passive income, automate production, and discover rare golden crops and strange field events.
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Way Too Many Eggs
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Oh Shear!.
Way Too Many Eggs is an incremental game about turning a tiny chicken farm into egg-filled chaos. Collect eggs, grow your flock, hire helpers, crack giant eggs and unlock permanent upgrades in the skill tree!
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Shorekeeper
Single-player alternative to Oh Shear! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oh Shear!.
You washed ashore on a mysterious island. Now what? Build a shelter, find food, and explore the unknown. Or just sit by the campfire and watch the sunset. Farm, craft, and manage your new island life entirely at your own pace.