Single-player games like Patrick's Parabox
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Patrick's Parabox, 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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Snakeloop
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
Snakeloop is a challenging puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.
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Block Buster Billy
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
An alien family had a picnic on Billy's island. They had to leave in a hurry, causing Junior to forget his cubes. Can you help Billy figure out the mind-boggling alien puzzles?
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A Simple Square
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
A Simple Square is a minimalist puzzle game where every move changes the level. Slide in straight lines, erase the tiles behind you, plan your path, and reach the exit without trapping yourself.
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SuperPosition
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
Sokoban style quantum puzzle game. Make your way through many variations of one level at once using one sequence of moves!
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Roll On Dice
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
Roll On Dice is a puzzle game where you have to roll on other dice! Learn your own dice, to determine if your top face number will be superior or equal to the one that you are rolling on, otherwise you will break your own…
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Knight Swap
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?
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Linelith
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.
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Sokobond
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.
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Stephen's Sausage Roll
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
A simple 3d puzzle game.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Baba Is You
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
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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BoxIsland: Sokoban
Single-player alternative to Patrick's Parabox — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Patrick's Parabox.
On the enigmatic Box Island, an ancient civilization has left behind puzzle-filled ruins. Players take on the role of a young explorer, yet the island is shrouded in a mystical force - only by pushing boxes can one unravel the island's secrets and escape this challenging labyrinthine world!