Single-player games like World Boxing Manager
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to World Boxing Manager, 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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THE FIGHT BUSINESS: BOXING MANAGER
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
Build a boxing promotion from small halls to huge stadiums. Sign fighters, negotiate fights, build cards, manage broadcasting and finances, and compete in an evolving boxing world. Play as a Promoter, or control both gym and promotion as a Trainer + Promoter.
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Fight Life Legacy
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
Rise through the MMA ranks in this turn-based fighting RPG. Train key stats, manage your career, and face ruthless rivals as you uncover the dark truth behind your father’s mysterious disappearance and fight to build your own legacy as a champion.
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Boxing Tycoon
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
Become the ultimate boxing promoter. Sign and develop fighters, negotiate contracts, create major fight nights and build a promotion worthy of the Boxing Tycoon name.
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Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
Manage a heavyweight boxer from pro debut to undisputed champion — or play as one of the 300 greatest of all time. 2,500 real fighters from 1880 to 2026, 4 world titles, 7 regional belts, live round-by-round commentary, rivalries, and a career mode spanning 1,000+ years. Unify them all.
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Corner King: Boxing Tycoon
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
Run your own boxing gym in a deep sports management sim. Scout talent, build champions, handle contracts, rivalries, injuries, and title shots — then guide your fighter live from the corner when the bell rings.
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BDO
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
Build and lead a boxing academy in a deep management simulation. Recruit and develop fighters, plan camps, manage contracts, health and morale, then compete across a living world in single-player or a multiplayer universe.
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Tapout - MMA Tactics
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
A tactical turn-based MMA simulation with (optional auto-battle) and perma-death. From your backyard to a world title. Recruit Fighters, Assign Perks, Train Stats, Build Synergies, Manage Injuries, Unlock strategies, Upgrade your Gym, Bribe the Commission and create roster of MMA Champions.
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Victory Road
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
Victory Road is a boxing simulator that uniquely puts you in the role of the coach, not the boxer! As a coach, the fate of your boxer’s career, and potentially his life, is in your hands. Raise your boxer and utilize various strategies to climb up the ranking board.
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Building Block Heroes
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Building Block Heroes is a puzzle block platformer (with boss fights!) in which you use coloured blocks to build pathways around each level. Grab a friend and construct your own means to save the Jollyfolk!
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Building Block Heroes: Rush Edition
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Building Block Heroes: Rush Edition is a faster-paced stand-alone expansion for Building Block Heroes, made for those who enjoyed the core mechanics of the original but preferred a pick-up-and-play experience!
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On The Western Front
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with World Boxing Manager.
January, 1915. The Race to the Sea is over. The Great War has just begun. You are the commander of a single division in the meat grinder that is the Western Front. Lead your men over the top as you attempt to break the stalemate that is to claim the lives of millions over the course of years.
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Pop Balloons and Drop People
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with World Boxing Manager.
A short and colorful incremental game about popping different types of balloons and dropping people of all colors.
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Blacksmith in a Glacier
Single-player alternative to World Boxing Manager — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You're a blacksmith, but inside a glacier! Mine colorful gemstones and gather resources in order to craft magical equipment for various townsfolk that make the journey to visit you. Upgrade your tools to dig deeper into the glacier, gather more gemstones, and craft more powerful equipment!