Single-player games like Hexadrift
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hexadrift, 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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You Must Build A Boat
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to the award winning "10000000". Travel the world, run procedurally generated dungeons finding artifacts, capturing monsters and recruiting crew for your boat
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Dungeon Hearts
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
Dungeon Hearts fuses the strategy and pattern matching of puzzle games with the kinetic pace of action games. Align magical runes as they flow along the Fatestream to attack, defend, and conjure magic in frenetic battles against a bestiary of fantastic creatures out to use those same runes against you.
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NightSky
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
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Tumblestone
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
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RUSH
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...
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ISLANDERS: New Shores
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
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Train Valley
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hexadrift.
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!
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Polyville Canyon
Single-player alternative to Hexadrift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Hexadrift.
Polyville Canyon is a laid-back city builder where nothing bad ever happens! Relax while you build an entire city for your Neighbors piece by piece! Attract Neighbors and increase Ticket Prices by expanding your town and watch your profits soar!