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Single-player games like Crafting Tycoon

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Crafting Tycoon, 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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    Warranted Humanity — Steam game cover

    Warranted Humanity

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Villa's Blinds — Steam game cover

    Villa's Blinds

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    Hello graduates! You have a degree on computer engineering and you can’t find a job? Start now to develop a game in your rental garage. Advertise them and gather your own fan base. Earn your pocket money! Of course, you won’t live in this garbage dump till the end!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kenshi — Steam game cover

    Kenshi

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Weedcraft Inc — Steam game cover

    Weedcraft Inc

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Escapists — Steam game cover

    The Escapists

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie3.59 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Little Big Workshop — Steam game cover

    Little Big Workshop

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crafting Tycoon.

    Manage your workers, stations, machines and create awesome stuff as your little big workshop grows into your dream factory!

    2019StrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Game Dev Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Game Dev Tycoon

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    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.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Democracy 3 — Steam game cover

    Democracy 3

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sea Explorer — Steam game cover

    Sea Explorer

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    Sea explorer is a single player adventure with upgrade/RPG elements about exploration of a big blue sea...

    2018IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sideral — Steam game cover

    Sideral

    Single-player alternative to Crafting Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Crafting Tycoon.

    Sideral is a game without instructions, without words, first part is to understand what you need to do, then try to solve so many logic puzles. Only you and your mind will be able to discover the misteries of each part of Sideral Islands.... Sideral has been developed by one single person, with love.

    2019IndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →