Single-player games like Desktop Tree
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Desktop Tree, 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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PolyPine
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
A forest simulator where you grow trees and create habitats for animals, plants and insects. Click on animals to make them poop, hunt, dig, cut and twerk! Start with a few basic seeds and attempt to grow a thriving ecosystem.
- 2
Idle Spiral
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
This is a beautiful "Idle", "Incremental" game based on spirals and mathematics. Your goal is to make the spiral grow farther and farther from the origin. The game is very simple, but it is very deep and can be enjoyed for a long time!
- 3
Gourdlets
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
An easygoing sandbox game about building towns for cute vegetable folks. Create your perfect community then watch as the gourdlets make themselves at home. No objectives, no points, just good vibes. Play in full screen, or let your gourdlets hang out at the bottom of your screen!
- 4
Papercut Art Gallery-Nature
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
An artistic puzzle game inspired by paper cutting art. Piece together fragments of paper cutouts to restore the nature-themed artworks in the gallery.
- 5
Widget Inc.
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
A hybrid factory builder / incremental clicker game. Starting from humble beginnings, master the many crafting processes to build up resources and expand your factory. Then, using your newly automated production, unlock new technology and grow ever closer to your goal of spreading to the stars.
- 6
Row Divers
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Desktop Tree.
Row Divers is a short, experimental incremental game about diving into dungeons in the form of rows, shooting enemies, collecting resources, and upgrading your bow to conquer the depths!
- 7
Tree Bonsai
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
An artistic bonsai tree simulation game that follows the life cycle of a plum tree. You can cut branches, add nutrients, and graft while the seasons pass and your tree grows. You can finally fulfill your dreams of a digital bonsai.
- 8
Flying Sword
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
"Flying Sword" is a flight game that uses only mouse to play (Play for 10 minutes each time). In the game you need to control the sword to fly and collect 'aura stone' as much as possible.
- 9
Destroyer
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Desktop Tree.
The most compelling destruction game made for virtual reality! Use iron balls to destroy mysterious ruins on islands floating in the sky. The limited number of balls means you'll have to play strategically in order to proceed. Designed for the HTC Vive.
- 10
Dorf the Dwarf
Single-player alternative to Desktop Tree — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Desktop Tree.
Dorf the dwarf is a puzzle game which replicates the classic game Zeek the Geek. You play as Dorf, a dwarf adventuer, who dares into the dungeons of Koganusân , ruins of a dwarf fortress, to loot treasures, while avoiding ghosts, elephants and deadly traps, and solving puzzles.