Single-player games like How does it work!?
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to How does it work!?, 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 Bridge
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
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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Time Loader
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
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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Isles of Sea and Sky
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
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The Ball
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
As a swashbuckling archaeologist, unlock the mystery of the ancient ruins that have been hidden for centuries and discover a mysterious artifact, a gold and metal shelled Ball.
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Children of the Sun
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
On a deadly road trip into darkness, control the path of a single bullet and unleash a fury of vengeance on the sinister cult that ruined your life in this tactical puzzle-shooter.
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Teardown
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
Prepare the perfect heist in a fully destructible, simulated voxel world. Tear down walls with vehicles or use explosives to create your own shortcuts. Shape the environment to your advantage in the most creative ways you can imagine. Play solo or with up to 12 players in multiplayer.
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Domino Sky
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
Domino Sky is a physics based game where you place and topple domino pieces to solve puzzles. Free build mode also available.
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MEME EXAM 2025
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
MEME EXAM: 2025 — Can you prove your knowledge of memes and become a qualified memeologist?
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VoxFox
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
VoxFox - a cute real-time strategy made in voxel graphics for any age.
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DuelVox
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
DuelVox - a first-person shooter in the western style. Defeat all the cowboys and become the best shooter in the wild west!
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PhotoWorld
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
PhotoWorld is a calm travel game, the essence of which is to take beautiful photos.
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Divine Stone
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with How does it work!?.
Divine Stone is a 2D platformer puzzle game in which you have to find answers to riddles that will definitely make you brainwash. In addition, time constraints and a variety of opponents will become an obstacle on your way.
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LineVox
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
LineVox is a casual cyberpunk game suitable for both one and several players, where you have to control the ship avoiding obstacles in order to win.
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DuelVox: Max Quality
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
DuelVox: Max Quality is an offline first-person shooter made in western style. In this game there are many levels with different tasks, to complete them you will need ingenuity and dexterity, and sometimes even strategy.
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PhotoWorld: Smooth Сorners
Single-player alternative to How does it work!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with How does it work!?.
PhotoWorld: Smooth Corners is a third person 3D visual game in which the world is created for the player.