Single-player games like Progress Bar Simulator
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Progress Bar Simulator, 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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Q-UP
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
Sick of long queues, unfair matchups, and arbitrary reflex tests? Try Q-UP, the coin flipping eSport. It's one part clicker, one part multiplayer strategy game, one part demented capitalism simulator, and 100% completely random.
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WHAT THE GOLF?
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with Progress Bar Simulator.
A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?
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The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Progress Bar Simulator.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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Trolley Problem, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Progress Bar Simulator.
Trolley Problem, Inc. is a darkly comedic narrative game based on real-world philosophical papers, in which you are asked to make a series of impossible choices from two awful answers. Wrestle with your moral compass, decide the fate of millions – and compare your choices with the rest of the world.
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Rocky Idle
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
Rocky Idle is a single-player idle/incremental game. Level up your skills, gather resources, and complete your collection log.
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Maktala: Slime Lootfest
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Progress Bar Simulator.
An incremental game where you kill hordes of slimes and use their loot to become stronger and farm them. Collect powerful loot, master skills, and uncover tons of content.
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Hypnospace Outlaw
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Progress Bar Simulator.
Greetings Enforcer, and thank you for enlisting in the Hypnospace Patrol Department! As the world falls into its slumber, Hypnospace becomes a bustling global village. These virtual streets aren't going to police themselves!
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Pony Island
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Progress Bar Simulator.
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
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SPACEPLAN
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
SPACEPLAN is an experimental piece of interaction based partly on a total misunderstanding of Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Progress Bar Simulator.
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
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Space Station Loma: OPERATIONS
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
You alone are responsible for the maintenance of a space station. If you were looking for a non platform defense game in VR, you found it in this fast paced “space station explosion simulator”. How hard can it be to push some buttons, eh? (The Loma sector has Tribbles)
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JuVentures
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with Progress Bar Simulator.
A pure hidden object game with lovely detailed artwork hand-drawn by JujiBla. Accompany our heroes Nita and Snek on their journey through the land, explore strange places and discover magical things.
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Pussy Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
27+ beautiful hand drawn 🎨🖼️ pussys 🐈 from JujiBla put together in a relaxing puzzle 🧩 experience. BONUS: 28 larger than Full-HD wallpapers to unlock 💝
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Nachkriegsratten Punk-Rock Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
Nachkriegsratten (Post-war rats), probably the first punk band to combine life-negating noise with turtle-like deceleration in a puzzle game. 24 mouth-painted pictures in 6 different sizes. are you brave enough? Have you ever danced with the Lumberjack Bear in the pale moonlight? HIA HUA!
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Last Stance: A JuVentures Game
Single-player alternative to Progress Bar Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Progress Bar Simulator.
Fight your way through endless waves of enemies in this fast paced 3-button punch game.