Single-player games like holedown
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to holedown, 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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rymdkapsel
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with holedown.
Build a space station. Command the tiny crew. Explore the galaxy. A meditative space strategy game.
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Heavenly Bodies
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with holedown.
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
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Rock Crusher
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with holedown.
Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.
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Idle Gumball Machine
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with holedown.
Plinko-style INCREMENTAL game. Shoot gumballs at gears and buy upgrades to make bigger and bigger numbers until you break the game! Short, sweet, relaxing, and addictive!
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POOOOL
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with holedown.
POOOOL is a small, pool-inspired physics puzzler where you combine balls of similar sizes to create even bigger ones, all while trying to save room for more. Chase your hi-score, share scores with friends, and master your flinging skills!
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Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with holedown.
A quirky, absolutely content-packed, destructible open-world sandbox adventure with combat, platforming, character customization, and collect-a-thon scavenger hunt experience. Play solo, 2-player split screen, or online co-op for up to 4 players. No paid cosmetic DLC nonsense.
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Cosmic Collapse
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with holedown.
Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!
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Pikuniku
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with holedown.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
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subpar pool
Single-player alternative to holedown — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with holedown.
A whimsical adventure of playful pocket antics at the intersection of golf and pool, from the developer behind holedown, twofold inc & rymdkapsel.