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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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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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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Motorsport Manager
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Game Dev Studio.
Have you got what it takes to become the manager of a high-performance motorsport team? Motorsport Manager is a highly detailed, best-in-class management game for fans of motorsport. You’ll hire the drivers, build the cars and embed yourself in the dynamic world of racing.
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Project Highrise
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Game Dev Studio.
Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...
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Software Inc.
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Game Dev Studio.
Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.
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The Executive - Movie Industry Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Game Dev Studio.
Shape the history of the Hollywood movie industry in this sandbox business simulation game. Create the movies you've always wanted to see, hire the best team, research cutting-edge technologies, and dominate the Box Office. Can you rise from a small studio to a Hollywood giant?
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to Game Dev Studio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Game Dev Studio.
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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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: Borderline
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 shoes of Gideon, a feared mercenary with nothing left to lose, and carve a bloody path of revenge through deep systemic stealth and brutal tactical gunplay.