Single-player games like Soft(A)ware
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Soft(A)ware, 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
- 1
The God Unit
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Soft(A)ware.
The GoD Unit is a first-person physics-based puzzle game set in a near pre-apocalyptic future, featuring the mass manipulation ability and other familiar and beloved puzzle mechanics.
- 2
Humanize Robotics
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Soft(A)ware.
Physics platformer where a robot controls its own body using its brain. You command the robot. Set the destination, and its neural network battles physics. Struggle through brutal levels, evolve, and master the chaos of movement. Lose a leg? Keep crawling! The Company is watching...
- 3
The Last Cube
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soft(A)ware.
Cube puzzler and an epic adventure. Stamp stickers to the sides of your cube to imbue each surface with unique powers, which are vital to solving puzzles and finding secrets.
- 4
Ctrl Alt Ego
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Soft(A)ware.
Innovative genre mashup (first-person immersive sim puzzler FPS RPG) with emphasis on problem-solving and creativity. Unique vibes and original mechanics that you won't have experienced before. One of the best games of 2022 according to various credible sources!
- 5
MotionRec
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Soft(A)ware.
MotionRec is a recording puzzle action game where you progress through stages by recording and playing back your own movements.
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The Turing Test
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Soft(A)ware.
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
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Dofamine
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soft(A)ware.
You must explore the labyrinth of riddles and investigate the apocalyptic event at the research facility following the experiments with the Higgs boson, or “the God particle”.
- 8
NODE The Last Favor of the Antarii
Single-player alternative to Soft(A)ware — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Soft(A)ware.
NODE is a 2.5D puzzle platformer with Timeline-based navigation set in a Cold War era nuclear complex. Plan a route for your robot, strategize, sequence commands and execute them to navigate between checkpoints. Try again. And again. Influence the story with your choices and solve the mystery.