Single-player games like Crazy Machines 1.5
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Crazy Machines 1.5, 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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Crazy Machines
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.
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Crazy Machines 2
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.
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Quantum Conundrum
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Find and rescue your uncle by using his newest invention to work your way through a crazy complex mansion as you switch between dimensions and solve puzzles!
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Bridge Constructor Portal
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
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Tricky Towers
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.
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NightSky
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.
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Tumblestone
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
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Bejeweled Twist
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Get set for a vivid sensory rush as you spin and match explosive gems for shockwaves of fun. Rotate jewels freely to set up electrifying combos, outwit surprising obstacles like Locks and Bombs, and create high-voltage Flame and Lightning gems.
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Crazy Machines 3
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 1.5.
Crazy Machines 3 is the latest, greatest, most amazing and craziest part of the series and fascinates once more with physic-based puzzles. Build your own crazy machines and share your awesomeness across the world thanks to the Steam® Workshop.
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Crazy Machines Elements
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
GET YOUR BRAIN BUZZING with each new challenge in the latest installment of the multi award-winning wacky contraption series - CRAZY MACHINES ELEMENTS. Play with Fire, harness the power of water and control the wind to set off the most insanely creative chain reactions!
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Crazy Machines VR
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 1.5 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines 1.5.
With Crazy Machines VR the award winning puzzle game classic enters the Virtual Reality! Complete many crazy chain reactions and experience a rousing adventure surrounding the odd Clumsycorns! Or just mess around in the ingenious new interactive toy rooms.