Single-player games like Alephant
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Alephant, 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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Yugo Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
Yugo Puzzle is a minimalist, relaxing, and satisfying puzzle game. Move jelly blocks left and right to merge them with the same color. It may sound simple, but it’s deceptively challenging. Enjoy the satisfaction of solving each puzzle.
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Jelly Is Sticky
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alephant.
Explore a world of colorful jelly blocks that can be deformed and stuck together. Use them in surprising, unexpected ways to build clever contraptions and solve delightful puzzles.
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Bonfire Peaks
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
Set your belongings on fire on a beautiful voxel art puzzle island.
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Loophole
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
A time-bending puzzle game about working with - and against - your past selves. Subvert the rules of time travel, dodge paradoxes, and find a way to escape the loop.
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Puddle Knights
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alephant.
Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.
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CIPHER ZERO
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
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Maxwell's puzzling demon
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
"Thermodynamic" puzzle where Maxwell's demon does work of block-pushing. Deal those hot blocks with cold blocks so that the demon doesn't get burnt.
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Linelith
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alephant.
Solve puzzles embedded in rocks and crystals as you explore a colorful, serene alien asteroid. Discover a few clever twists as you progress in this short and sweet puzzle experience.
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Stephen's Sausage Roll
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
A simple 3d puzzle game.
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Metamorphosis
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
Play as Gregor, turned into a tiny bug, and set out on an extraordinary journey to unravel the mystery of your transformation. Metamorphosis is a first person adventure set in a surrealist world where your newfound abilities are your last and only hope for redemption.
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Patrick's Parabox
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alephant.
A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.
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Chants of Sennaar
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
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IFO
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alephant.
A spaceship simulator for aliens, an ever-changing rule discovery puzzle for humans.
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Inner Tao
Single-player alternative to Alephant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Alephant.
Master the opposites in this meditative puzzle game.