Single-player games like Carpe Deal 'Em
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Carpe Deal 'Em, 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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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
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Rising Lords
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
Rising Lords is a medieval turn-based strategy game with card and board game elements. Send your serfs to fight and die in your name... or let them prosper, and use them to your advantage!
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
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Dead In Vinland
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
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The Guild Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
It’s the year 1400- the late Middle Ages. Europe sees the dawn of the golden age of the new departures and the free spirit. Under the rule of the bourgeoisie and businessmen, more and more towns are emerging from the clutches of the aristocracy and are achieving independence, power and wealth.
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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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Motorsport Manager
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Carpe Deal 'Em.
Have you got what it takes to become the manager of a high-performance motorsport team? Motorsport Manager is a highly detailed, best-in-class management game for fans of motorsport. You’ll hire the drivers, build the cars and embed yourself in the dynamic world of racing.
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Dead End Road
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Dead End Road is an atmospheric driving game, with a low-fi aesthetic and procedurally generated elements. Complete your journey to seek the assistance of the old witch at Dead End Road; Get there before daybreak and perhaps, just perhaps, you can escape this nightmare.
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Illuminascii
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Illuminascii - a first person shooter with an ascii text based visual style, featuring randomly generated content and roguelike / rpg elements. Monsters, weapons, armor, levels and cutscenes are all created with random characteristics.
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The Nothing
Single-player alternative to Carpe Deal 'Em — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Nothing is a surreal and atmospheric action game with a new aesthetic, procedurally generated elements and perma-death - Designed for multiple short "runs", with endings based on the route you've chosen and the actions you've taken.