Single-player games like Manufactoria 2022
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Manufactoria 2022, 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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SOKOBOT
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
SOKOBOT is an open-ended puzzle game where you place down cute robots, give them commands, and create infinitely-looping assembly lines that combine shapes together!
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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
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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The Signal State
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.
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Opus Magnum
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
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SpaceChem
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
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Kaizen: A Factory Story
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
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Plasma
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
Plasma is a pure engineering sandbox. Use advanced visual programming and robotics tools to create anything you can imagine.
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while True: learn()
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
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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Silicon Zeroes
Single-player alternative to Manufactoria 2022 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Manufactoria 2022.
Build hardware. Solve puzzles. From the creator of Manufactoria, a new open-ended puzzle game set in Silicon Valley's first startup.