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Single-player games like Venture Arctic

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Venture Arctic, 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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    Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa — Steam game cover

    Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa

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

    From the back-catalog of Pocketwatch Games, 2005's Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa was the game that started this indie's journey. Expect the unexpected out of this unique Tycoon game -- There are no people to please, there is no money to horde, there are only animals.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Game Dev Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Game Dev Tycoon

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

    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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    Plebby Quest: The Crusades — Steam game cover

    Plebby Quest: The Crusades

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

    Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

    2020ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    911 Operator — Steam game cover

    911 Operator

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

    Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Train Valley — Steam game cover

    Train Valley

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

    Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fate of the World — Steam game cover

    Fate of the World

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

    Fate of the World is a dramatic global strategy game that puts all our futures in your hands. The game features a dramatic set of scenarios based on the latest science covering the next two centuries. You must manage a balancing act of protecting the Earth’s resources and climate versus the needs of an ever-growing world population, who...

    2011StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Restaurant Empire II — Steam game cover

    Restaurant Empire II

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

    Restaurant Empire 2 is the most realistic and comprehensive restaurant business simulation available, featuring 4 cuisines, 600 recipes, 4 huge cities, 2 campaigns with a total of 34 missions, 1400 interior objects, and a mix of business strategy and role-playing gameplay such as cooking contests.

    2009StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Duper Party Pooper — Steam game cover

    Super Duper Party Pooper

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

    Created by solo developer Nikola Kostic - Have you ever wanted to poop on party goers but were too socially awkward to just go for it? Well, Super Duper Party Pooper is about to change all that, the player will find themselves in the middle of a raw human story of existential panic.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — Steam game cover

    Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

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

    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.

    2013ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tooth and Tail — Steam game cover

    Tooth and Tail

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

    Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monaco 2 — Steam game cover

    Monaco 2

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

    Get your crew back together for the ultimate heist experience! Return to Monaco, plan your operation, and skedaddle when things inevitably go awry in this co-op heist game. The city is yours for the taking!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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