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Single-player games like Mad Tower Tycoon

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Mad Tower 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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    Factory Town — Steam game cover

    Factory Town

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

    Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Railway Empire 2 — Steam game cover

    Railway Empire 2

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

    Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines into the workhorses of the economy. Grow your company into the largest railway company of the continent and outsmart your competitors.

    2023StrategySimulation49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Games Tycoon 2 — Steam game cover

    Mad Games Tycoon 2

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

    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.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RAILGRADE — Steam game cover

    RAILGRADE

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

    RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

    2023StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Railway Empire — Steam game cover

    Railway Empire

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

    In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition.

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sweet Transit — Steam game cover

    Sweet Transit

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

    Sweet Transit is a unique city builder where the railway is king. Build and automate the dream supply chain for your citizens, giving them all they need to expand quaint villages into bustling cities. Progress from steam power to diesel and beyond in this advanced train-driven experience.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prison Architect — Steam game cover

    Prison Architect

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

    Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Foundation — Steam game cover

    Foundation

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

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Highrise — Steam game cover

    Project Highrise

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

    Project Highrise is a skyscraper construction and management sim...

    2016StrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Big Tower Tiny Square — Steam game cover

    Big Tower Tiny Square

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

    No Princess, only Pineapple! Dodge bullets, leap lava pits, and wall-jump your way up the Big Tower in this precision platformer. Quick deaths, generous respawns, and a whole lot of jumping.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower — Steam game cover

    Tower

    Single-player alternative to Mad Tower Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Tower is a top-down action game with adventure and puzzle elements. Fight out of a skyscraper full of terrorists. Find out what one motivated person can do against hundreds of thugs.

    2022ActionAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiny Towers — Steam game cover

    Tiny Towers

    Single-player alternative to Mad Tower Tycoon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mad Tower Tycoon.

    A short incremental game about defending your tiny fortress from hordes of tiny mobs. Place defensive towers, acquire resources by defeating enemies, and unlock new upgrades in the skill tree to strengthen your goblin stronghold.

    2026StrategyCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Games Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Mad Games Tycoon

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

    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!

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Television Tycoon — Steam game cover

    Mad Television Tycoon

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

    In Mad Television Tycoon, you take control of a TV station. Accept the challenge and lead your network to success. Your task is to create a diverse schedule, maximize advertising revenue, and outshine the competition.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation20.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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