Single-player games like Lingo
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Lingo, 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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Lingo 2
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
Lingo 2 blends word puzzles and impossible geometry, with brand new puzzle mechanics and a large, colorful world to discover. Welcome back!
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Antichamber
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
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Trifoil
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lingo.
A puzzle game about drawing lines that cross, merge, and interact in unique ways. Uncover secrets, decipher symbols, and trace paths that satisfy every rule.
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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ReThink | Evolved 5
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lingo.
ReThink | Evolved 5 is a Puzzle Game in a peaceful futuristic setting, that features a variety of Puzzles that utilize Lasers and the behavior of light and it's colors to create challenging problems to solve.
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Arc Tracker
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lingo.
Move the ball, avoid obstacles, earn coins, and reach the destination using only circular orbits! It sounds easy and simple... but it's not! Immerse yourself in a world of deep and challenging puzzles!
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The Art of Reflection
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
Traverse mirrors as if they were natural extensions of space to solve puzzles and uncover secrets. Reshape your perspective to perform gravity-shifting acrobatics as you jungle-gym through a sprawling environment. You'll never look in a mirror the same way again.
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Taiji
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
Solve puzzle panels and uncover the meaning of the symbols within. Explore a dense world where secrets are hidden in plain sight.
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Myst
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lingo.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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The Case of the Golden Idol
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lingo.
A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.
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Connection
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Lingo.
Don't lose the signal to get out of here.
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GO
Single-player alternative to Lingo — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lingo.
Go is a simple and minimalist game in which you have to position the launch of a ball to eliminate all the existing obstacles. Very good to pass the time, it contains 100 stages.