Single-player games like Alan's Automaton Workshop
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Alan's Automaton Workshop, 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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The Signal State
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
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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Opus Magnum
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
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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while True: learn()
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
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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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
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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Kaizen: A Factory Story
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
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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Turing Complete
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
Learn CPU architecture with puzzles
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Comet 64
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
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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Linkito
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.
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TIS-100
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
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Robo Instructus
Single-player alternative to Alan's Automaton Workshop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Alan's Automaton Workshop.
Robo Instructus is a puzzle game in which players manoeuvre a robot by issuing instructions via a simple programming language. As players progress through the game they unlock new functions to overcome new puzzles, each of which can be solved in multiple ways.