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Single-player games like The Con Simulator

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Con Simulator, 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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    Hotel Architect — Steam game cover

    Hotel Architect

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Con Simulator.

    Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mandate Order — Steam game cover

    Mandate Order

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Con Simulator.

    Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation16.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Two Point Campus — Steam game cover

    Two Point Campus

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Con Simulator.

    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.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spacebase DF-9 — Steam game cover

    Spacebase DF-9

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Con Simulator.

    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives. Mine asteroids, discover derelicts, and deal with the tribulations of galactic resettlement in Earth's distant future.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Honey, I Joined a Cult — Steam game cover

    Honey, I Joined a Cult

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Con Simulator.

    It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation21.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Two Point Hospital — Steam game cover

    Two Point Hospital

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Con Simulator.

    Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

    2018IndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Foundation — Steam game cover

    Foundation

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Con Simulator.

    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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    Kenshi — Steam game cover

    Kenshi

    Single-player alternative to The Con Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Con Simulator.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →