Single-player games like Gun-Running War Dogs
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Gun-Running War Dogs, 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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Fiefs & Trade
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
Fiefs & Trade is a medieval sandbox game which focuses on trade, party and inventory management, combat and diplomacy. Hire companions to fight for you, herd animals to carry your goods and create trade routes to become the richest merchant the world has seen. Or simply overpower everyone in battle.
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Viceria
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
Viceria is a minimalistic colony simulator. Build cities, develop your economy, build trade, defend your colony from threats and decide the fate of your people. Will you serve the metropolis or will you oppose it? It's up to you!
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Ruby Journey
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
You arrive in a quiet hamlet to get a ruby - but you only have 1 gold. Collect resources, complete quests, unlock new trades, grow richer.
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Lower Lows, Higher Highs
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
Lower Lows, Higher Highs is a sardonic stock trading rogue-like where you, a failed employee at a 1970's stock trading firm, are placed on a 5 week performance improvement plan and must use predictive price patterns, experimental technologies, and black market business practices to stay employed.
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Silk
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gun-Running War Dogs.
Enter the biggest handcrafted open world of all time, fifty times larger than Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall! Explore three million square miles of uncharted terrain from Roman Damascus to Three Kingdoms China in an exploration RPG that transports you onto the Ancient Silk Road of 200AD.
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Thou Shalt Be Rich
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
Interpret the crystal ball's prophecies to find tomorrow's soaring stocks and bet your entire fortune. Survive the madness of skyrocketing and crashing prices to become rich. You need to take revenge on the Fortune Teller Corp that fired you just for a little bit of embezzlement!
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OIL.EXE
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
Drill the wells. Run the refinery. Read the market. OIL is a free text-based simulation of running a petroleum operation, played at a 1980s green-phosphor terminal. End each year richer or bankrupt. Mind the bear market. Climb the leaderboard.
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九州:商旅(Nine Provinces: Caravan)
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
On the ancient nine province continent, you may become a businessman, get to know others, expand caravans, and free trade and exploration.
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Desolate Wastes: Vendor Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Gun-Running War Dogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Gun-Running War Dogs.
Vendor Chronicles puts you in the shoes of a Vendor in post-apocalyptia! Manage your trade, set your defences, deal with locals and fight hordes of mutants in this new perspective on post-apocalyptic survival!