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Single-player games like Markov Alg

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Markov Alg, 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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    Escape From Hard Drive — Steam game cover

    Escape From Hard Drive

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    EFHD is a game where programs change how game works. Modify and run the source files to create, destroy and move other objects.

    2022IndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Merge It — Steam game cover

    Merge It

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    This puzzle game is about creating new objects by colliding other ones. Also you can change instructions that say how exactly this process works.

    2024Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Logic — Steam game cover

    Monster Logic

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Enter the world of "Monster Logic", the monstrous programming game! In this hand-drawn puzzle game, you'll have to use each monster's unique ability to progress through the 40+ levels and the multiple biomes!

    2020IndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Move Code Lines — Steam game cover

    Move Code Lines

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Move Code Lines is a game where you fix programs and make them print needed output. But the only way you can achieve that is to change the order of lines in those programs, and set custom input.

    2020Indie7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    QuantumPulse 2A — Steam game cover

    QuantumPulse 2A

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Solve programming puzzles on a fictional computer with radio-based communication and unique limitations. Competitively optimize to compete on leaderboards against friends and the global community.

    2025IndieSimulation11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chess Brain — Steam game cover

    Chess Brain

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grey Hack — Steam game cover

    Grey Hack

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Grey Hack is a massively multiplayer hacking simulator game. You're a hacker with full freedom to act as you wish on a vast network of procedurally generated computers.

    2017IndieSimulationMassively Multiplayer19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TOK HARDCORE — Steam game cover

    TOK HARDCORE

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    TOK HARDCORE is a logical puzzle in which you need to connect all points with lines.

    2019IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Code World — Steam game cover

    Code World

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    In Code World you control the robot that can walk around the world and send messages to devices. Every device reacts on those messages according to its code. You will have to read this code, understand what messages to send and write your own code.

    2017Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Not So Heart — Steam game cover

    Not So Heart

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Not So Heart is a retro hardcore platformer. But it has a secret. Don't try to fix anything.

    2019Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Isometric Nonogram — Steam game cover

    Isometric Nonogram

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Isometric version of classic nonograms. 3 visible sides of the cube are not independent. They are making common rows and columns with each other and it brings a fresh new feeling to the famous game.

    2021IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Code Has Price — Steam game cover

    Code Has Price

    Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.

    Collect and buy commands. Construct program from them. Run code to get more coins and commands. Repeat.

    2024IndieSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →