Single-player games like Monkeys Ahoy
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Monkeys Ahoy, 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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Overture
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
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Cities: Skylines
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation. The game introduces new game play elements to realize the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city whilst expanding on some well-established tropes of the city building experience.
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
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Pit People®
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
In this fast-paced, turn-based, co-op adventure you'll quest and explore, find awesome loot, customize your fighters, and recruit strange species! Come master your destiny in this strategic game of positioning.
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Bejeweled® 3
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
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Mini Metro
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
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Epistory - Typing Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Epistory immerses you in an atmospheric action/adventure game where you play a girl riding a giant fox who fights an insectile corruption from an origami world. As you progress and explore this world, the story literally unfolds and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.
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Nanotale - Typing Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Something is wrong with the heart of magic. Play a young archivist venturing out into a dying world, cataloging its mysteries and its wonders to unearth the truth. Nanotale is the new adventure from the Typing Chronicles franchise and the spiritual successor to the acclaimed Epistory.
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Algo Bot
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Algo Bot is puzzle game that takes place deep inside the Europa, a pan-galactic colonisation ship, where a recycling mission goes horribly wrong. Use your algorithm special skills to command Algo Bot, a service droid, and help PAL, a cantankerous line manager, to contain the crisis.
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Gloomy Eyes
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A cozy horror, “self-coop”, adventure about two unlikely souls who forge a forbidden bond and journey together to find the sun. Explore eerie yet charming Tim Burton-esque levels, switch between two unique characters, and solve brain-teasing puzzles.
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Ary and the Secret of Seasons
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take control of the seasons and use them to solve puzzles, defeat enemies, and discover the beautiful world of Valdi in this award-winning indie adventure.
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Shift Quantum - A Cyber Noir Puzzle Platformer
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Shift Quantum is a brain-busting platformer using a unique mechanic called SHIFTING, a way to twist your environment and invert space around you. Bend your mind to reach the exit of each level and unveil the secrets of a strange program. Extend the experience, create and share your own levels.
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Urbance Clans Card Battle!
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monkeys Ahoy.
Street gangs rise up in Neo-City. Time has come to gather your own gang to take over the whole city, district after district. Takedowns will happen, show no mercy if you wanna survive.
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Outshine
Single-player alternative to Monkeys Ahoy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Unleash your powers against your oppressors in this arcade, fast-paced typing game. Avoid traps, destroy enemies, defeat bosses to seek your revenge, and rush to the top of the leaderboards.