Single-player games like Markov Alg
Below are 14 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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Baba Is You
Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
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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.
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Hacknet
Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.
Hacknet is an immersive, terminal-based hacking simulator for PC. Dive down a rabbit hoIe as you follow the instructions of a recently deceased hacker, whose death may not have been the accident the media reports.
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Comet 64
Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.
Comet 64 is a programming puzzle game. The year is 1984. All you got is a Comet 64 home computer and the operator's manual it came with.
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Hack 'n' Slash
Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.
Hack ‘n’ Slash is a puzzle action game about hacking -- reprogram object properties, hijack global variables, hack creature behavior, and even rewrite the game’s code. The only way to win is not to play...by the rules!
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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
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while True: learn()
Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.
You’re a machine learning specialist who makes neural networks but your cat seems to be better at it. Now you must solve puzzles to build a cat-to-human translation system (who knows what else this cat is capable of!). Earn a fortune, buy kickass cat outfits, learn how machine learning really works!
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hackmud
Single-player alternative to Markov Alg — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Markov Alg.
hackmud is a retro cyberpunk RPG where you play a digital persona in a chaotic, unpredictable, and often goofy abandoned internet. Enter a 90s hacker movie filled with scripts, scams, and sabotage. Explore the world of digital secrets and forge your legacy through cunning, creativity, or disruption.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.