Single-player games like Rise of Industry
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Rise of Industry, 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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Blockchain Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Blockchain Tycoon is the cryptocurrency simulation game where you build and manage your own mining operation. Create your own coin, mine it, invest in other coins, upgrade and overclock GPUs or you can just HODL.
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Nightlife Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Nightlife Tycoon is a bar management game, where you have to build your dream bar and make it thrive. Hire staff, take care of customers, organize incredible events and become the king of nightlife!
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Good Company
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Good Company is an in-depth management sim about building a trail-blazing tech corporation. Assemble complex production lines, manage employee logistics, and sell high-quality products on the market to become the best company in the whole county!
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Mad Games Tycoon 2
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your dreams and produce the next next-gen console. Rise from a small garage company to a huge corporation.
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Production Line : Car factory simulation
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Production line is the new car factory management/simulation/tycoon game that pushes your organisational and entrepreneurship skills to the limit. Can you build the ultimate optimised, free-flowing car production line whilst beating the competition and still turn a profit?
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Festival Tycoon 🎪
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
A micro-management sim about music festivals! Design the perfect festival grounds in ‘create’ mode, then manage the event itself in ‘live’ mode! Book bands, sign deals, plant flowers, fix toilets, and grow your show into a global phenomenon.
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STATIONflow
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise of Industry.
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
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Nebuchadnezzar
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
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Transport Fever
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Rise of Industry.
Transport Fever is a railroad-focused tycoon game. Players start in 1850 and build up a thriving transport company. As an emerging transport tycoon, the player constructs stations, airports, harbors and makes money by connecting areas requiring transport services. Build up your own Empire!
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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Patrician III
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise of Industry.
Become a fellow of the famous medieval Hanse trading association in the 13th century. Manage the politics, prestige and economic success in your city and the known parts of Europe!
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Patrician IV
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rise of Industry.
You are a merchant in northern Europe in the late Middle Ages when the Hanseatic League was flourishing. Your goal is to rise to the most successful and influential member of the Hanse, ultimately being elected Elderman, leader of the trading league.
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Port Royale 3
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise of Industry.
The Caribbean, in the turbulent 17th Century. The mighty kingdoms of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands fight over the colonies. And there you are, a young sea captain whose only goal is to become the most powerful man in the New World.
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Railroad Tycoon 3
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rise of Industry.
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rise of Industry.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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Recipe for Disaster
Single-player alternative to Rise of Industry — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Industry.
Recipe for Disaster is a management sim that captures the fast-paced, drama-filled environment of a professional kitchen and dining room. Build your dream restaurant, create recipes, design menus and manage your staff, all while contending with demanding customers and disastrous situations!