Single-player games like Tricks Magician
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Tricks Magician, 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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Alwa's Legacy
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Pepper Grinder
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.
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Sunblaze
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.
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Braid
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tricks Magician.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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ElecHead
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
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Super Time Force Ultra
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Super Time Force Ultra is an insane platformer filled with robots and dinosaurs and fun and time travel... sometimes all at the same time!
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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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Pets at Work
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Some pets got lost from their owners in an office and now need to work together, using boxes, mats, buttons, climb on shelves and tables or just make a mess trying to find them in this colorful local co-op game!
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Virtuous Western
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tricks Magician.
Virtuous Western is a strategy game located in the old west, where our protagonist must eliminate all enemies in the area, using a limited amount of bullets to recover your stolen horse.
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Doomed Lands
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tricks Magician.
A diabolical demon dooms a teeming island to destruction. Five legendary lieutenants and their minions descend every seven days…but that allows ample time to prepare. Survive, craft, train, and gear up to defend the island!
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Kinduo
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Kinduo is a local cooperative game where two elemental friends overcome obstacles to return to their island, push boxes, use electricity to connect objects, break ice blocks, blow things up and more in this cute and colorful co-op game!
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Doom Work
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tricks Magician.
In this atypical game, your role is to prevent the working robots from finishing construction to save the forest!
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The Psychoduck
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tricks Magician.
The Psychoduck is a stealth game about a psychotic duck who collects crowns and has no problem killing all herons in order to increase his collection.
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Billy 101
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tricks Magician.
Meet Billy, a robot who is tired of his work on the production lines, who then decided to blow up everything and everyone in order to make his own choices.
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Blessed Work
Single-player alternative to Tricks Magician — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tricks Magician.
A new work appears, but for some reason the lack of security is everywhere, place objects, activate buttons, move things and do everything in your power to prevent your workers from dying trying to finish the construction in this lemmings-style game!