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Single-player games like Gardener's Path

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Gardener's Path, 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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    Don't Push TOO Hard — Steam game cover

    Don't Push TOO Hard

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Path.

    A relaxing yet challenging Sokoban-style puzzle game. Push crates, plan ahead, and avoid dead ends. Discover clever mechanics like emotion-driven crates and solve increasingly complex puzzles across unique environments.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SokoPenguin — Steam game cover

    SokoPenguin

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Path.

    SokoPenguin is a Sokoban-style puzzle game, where you control a penguin who must push boxes to clear the path to its cozy igloo.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure1.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Pact — Steam game cover

    Dark Pact

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Path.

    Manipulate enemy positioning and use the environment to your advantage. Utilize clever combos to defeat overwhelming odds in this tactical turn-based strategy game with a focus on creativity rather than number crunching.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue's Hexagon — Steam game cover

    Rogue's Hexagon

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Path.

    A turn-based puzzle game set in a hexagonal world where you strategically move and throw powerful daggers to solve dozens of puzzles and optional challenges.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HEN, CHICKS AND CATS — Steam game cover

    HEN, CHICKS AND CATS

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gardener's Path.

    Save all the chicks, but choose your moves carefully or they might fall into the wrong paws.

    2022IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pop and Chicks — Steam game cover

    Pop and Chicks

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Path.

    Help Pop the hen rescue her chicks. Take one move at a time, and be careful where you're going.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Jake's Apple Harvest — Steam game cover

    Jake's Apple Harvest

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gardener's Path.

    A Sokoban game where you have to help Jake pick his apples.

    2023IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Ronin — Steam game cover

    Red Ronin

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Path.

    Red Ronin is a Turn-based but fast paced dash 'n slash game where a bloodthirsty ronin and her companion bot search for revenge.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pinkman — Steam game cover

    Pinkman

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gardener's Path.

    Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Duck Souls — Steam game cover

    Duck Souls

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gardener's Path.

    Duck Souls is a fast-paced, action platformer about a little duck with an incredible skill to dash and a mission: find all the lost eggs in order to save his species.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rabisco — Steam game cover

    Rabisco

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gardener's Path.

    Help Ms. Rabisco to find the moon’s lost stars and bring back the light, in this cute but dangerous world, inspired by the World’s Hardest Game.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steel Defier — Steam game cover

    Steel Defier

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gardener's Path.

    Are you ready to escape from your tight prison cell? A malfunction in the defense system of a transport spaceship accidentally killed everyone aboard, except for one last survivor… You and your suspiciously orange suit.

    2023ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    COLD HUSK — Steam game cover

    COLD HUSK

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gardener's Path.

    A research station spans the Moon's surface, humanity's last monument to forbidden DNA experimentation. Read the final thoughts of deceased crew members, uncover a species-ending catastrophe, and navigate cold metallic corridors using only terminal commands. In COLD HUSK, knowledge is power.

    2026IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Ferryman's Trial — Steam game cover

    The Ferryman's Trial

    Single-player alternative to Gardener's Path — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gardener's Path.

    Death is searching for a successor. To claim his mantle, you must judge the souls of the dead during a surprisingly short, strange and unsettling job interview where every choice shapes the fate of humanity, including your own.

    2026IndieSingle-playerSimilar games →