Single-player games like Pipe Mania
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Pipe Mania, 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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Lode Runner Legacy
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Lode Runner Legacy is the latest edition in the popular Lode Runner series. Players control “Runner” to recover stolen gold while avoiding enemies and minefields. Enjoy the ingenious balance of puzzle and action gameplay, an updated Voxel visual style and powerful game editors. Ver.2.0 Update is out now!
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Crystal Caves HD
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Return to the underground classic world of treasures and traps in the HD remake of Crystal Caves! Guide Mylo through puzzles and arcade challenges of your favorite episodes, then explore the whole new Episode loaded with all new puzzles, enemies, challenges, hazards and help Mylo get back home!
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pipe Mania.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
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Chip's Challenge 1
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pipe Mania.
Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.
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Time Loader
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Time Loader is a story-driven puzzle-platformer with tiny robots, alternate realities, nostalgic music, and primitive tech from the 90s!
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PAC-MAN™ Championship Edition DX+
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
It's time to gear up!Get ready for more ghost chain gobbling and frantic action in PAC-MAN® CE-DX+! The award-winning chomping game makes a shattering debut on Steam with even more content and a refined user-interface to compare high scores with your friends!
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Dungeons of Dreadrock
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An immersive puzzle dungeon adventure in the spirit of 1980's home computer games. Dig your way through 100 levels into the ancient depths of Dreadrock Mountain. Winner of Google Indie Games Festival / Indie Clash 1st prize / PocketGamer People's Choice Finalist / GDWC best indie game nominee.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Enemy Engaged: Apache vs Havoc
Single-player alternative to Pipe Mania — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
East meets West in an apocalyptic clash of the superpowers as the US Apache Longbow and the Russian Havoc go head to head. Easily accessible yet deeply challenging gameplay, an intense and absorbing atmosphere and super- fast speeds make the Apache Havoc an amazing flying experience.