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Single-player games like Submachine: Legacy

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Submachine: Legacy, 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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    Vertigo Enigma — Steam game cover

    Vertigo Enigma

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Congratulations! You have been chosen for Vertigo Enigma. A narrative puzzle experiment where your logic and observation are the test. Until it glitches. Until you understand what "chosen" means...

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Magnus Positive Phototaxis — Steam game cover

    Magnus Positive Phototaxis

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Magnus Positive Phototaxis is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.

    2022IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dabado Puzzles — Steam game cover

    Dabado Puzzles

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Adventure/exploration puzzler, where you build constructions from blocks, collect score items, light and buttons. Exploring the mysterious island, you meet unique characters and complete quests.

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Opus Cortex: A Nonogram Puzzle Story — Steam game cover

    Opus Cortex: A Nonogram Puzzle Story

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Submachine: Legacy.

    Solve captivating nonogram puzzles to recover your lost memories. As a newly awakened AI, every puzzle you complete reveals a piece of the truth about your past and the dangers facing the world. Unravel the mystery, pixel by pixel.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slice of Sea — Steam game cover

    Slice of Sea

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Collect items, solve puzzles and lead Seaweed back home to the sea.

    2021IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lone McLonegan : A Western Adventure — Steam game cover

    Lone McLonegan : A Western Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Lone McLonegan is an old-school point-n-click adventure game inspired by old westerns with touches of acid humor. Help Lone become "The Most Wanted Outlaw In The Wild West" as you tackle fun puzzles and meet quirky characters.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Punzel: Chapter I - Toujours la Meme Histoire — Steam game cover

    Punzel: Chapter I - Toujours la Meme Histoire

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Imagine you are a captured princess...but the hero never arrives. Join Punzel in her adventure of trying to escape her tower prison. Experience the boredom of captivity, the daily frustrations of haggling with your captors and crows. Lots of crows.

    2023IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gnomdom — Steam game cover

    Gnomdom

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Gnomdom is a point & click puzzle game where you find little gnomes stuck in various places and help them return to their home.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Daymare Town — Steam game cover

    Daymare Town

    Single-player alternative to Submachine: Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Submachine: Legacy.

    Daymare Town is a hand-drawn puzzle adventure game. You find yourself in a heart of a strange city populated by peculiar Metamorph creatures. This town is full of nooks and crannies, puzzles, secrets and items to collect to help you along the way. Can you escape the nightmare of a day?

    2025IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →