Single-player games like CHR$(143)
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to CHR$(143), 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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Kaizen: A Factory Story
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with CHR$(143).
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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Great Permutator
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Great Permutator is a puzzle. Hard and tricky. One in which you will have to build a complex system of conveyors and various devices so that the colored boxes can travel across the factory and arrive at right places and in right order. If you are into clever engineering puzzles, this game is for you.
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Sublime element
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
Sublime Element is a logic-based automation game, where you build and program mechanisms to combine elements and create new ones.
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Crayon Computer
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with CHR$(143).
Crayon Computer is a 2D physics-based open-ended programming puzzle game. (if you call that programming)
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Block Motion
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Block motion is a puzzle / design game where you place functional blocks to design a working factory. Build your design, press play and watch your factory in action. You have the freedom to solve the challenges any way you want; The only limit is your imagination.
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Block Machine
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
A difficult programming puzzle game about building parallel computing machines by placing blocks to solve surprisingly hard problems.
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Linkito
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
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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Retro Gadgets
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with CHR$(143).
Retro Gadgets is a sandbox where you build, code, and customize gadgets inspired by old-school electronics.
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Oxygen Not Included
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with CHR$(143).
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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Lode Runner Legacy
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Lode Runner Legacy is the latest edition in the popular Lode Runner series. Players control “Runner” to recover stolen gold while avoiding enemies and minefields. Enjoy the ingenious balance of puzzle and action gameplay, an updated Voxel visual style and powerful game editors. Ver.2.0 Update is out now!
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Baba Is You
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CHR$(143).
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
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Boulder Dash Deluxe
Single-player alternative to CHR$(143) — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Boulder Dash® Gem collecting puzzle action in an update of the classic game!