Single-player games like Heart. Papers. Border.
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Heart. Papers. Border., 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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Papers, Please
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heart. Papers. Border..
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
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RimWorld
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heart. Papers. Border..
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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Stellaris
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Heart. Papers. Border..
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Heart. Papers. Border..
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Big Pharma
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heart. Papers. Border..
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
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Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Heart. Papers. Border..
Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!
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Factory Planner
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heart. Papers. Border..
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
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Reus
Single-player alternative to Heart. Papers. Border. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Heart. Papers. Border..
In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.