Single-player games like Game Dev Studio
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Game Dev Studio, 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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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
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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Mad Games Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Form your own game studio set in the early 1980s in a small garage. Develop your own game ideas, create a team and develop megahit video games. Research new technologies, train your staff and upgrade your office space, going from a lowly garage to a huge building. Expand your business and dominate the world market for video games!
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Mad Games Tycoon 2
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
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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City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Manage a game studio from the dawn of the gaming industry in 1976. Your journey starts with small indie titles and grows into a gaming empire. Develop, design, and conquer the industry. From humble beginnings to gaming legend – it’s your story, your studio, your legacy!
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Startup Company
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Startup Company is a business simulation sandbox game where you’re the CEO of a new company. Your job is to build your very own website and compete against the largest tech giants on the planet!
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Democracy 3
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
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.
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Painters Guild
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Painters Guild is a management sim where you control an art academy in the Italian Renaissance. Paint artwork as beautiful as the Mona Lisa. Hire painters like Leonardo da Vinci and millions of randomly generated ones. Expand and customize your guild with furniture and more.
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Two Point Campus
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Build the university of your dreams with Two Point Campus, the sim with a twist from the makers of Two Point Hospital. Build, hire staff and run an academic institution packed with wild courses.
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Intravenous 2
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Game Dev Studio.
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
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Intravenous
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!
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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.
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Intravenous 3
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Game Dev Studio.
Tense stealth action, tactical hardcore gunplay, and missions & story shaped by the way you play. Step into the roles of Steve and Sean, outnumbered and forced to survive a relentless manhunt.