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Single-player games like Crazy Machines Elements

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Crazy Machines Elements, 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 — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Machines 1.5 — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines 1.5

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Machines 2 — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines 2

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Machines 3 — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines 3

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2016StrategySimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Machines: Golden Gears — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines: Golden Gears

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    In this "Rube-Goldberg" style puzzle game, experiment and build your wacky contraptions with physics action like never before! Experience dazzling visuals of explosives, fire, and true to life physics behavior when you put the experiment into motion!

    2014StrategyCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scribblenauts Unlimited — Steam game cover

    Scribblenauts Unlimited

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    The best-selling, award-winning franchise is back – on your home PC in gorgeous HD for the first time.

    2012StrategyAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RUSH — Steam game cover

    RUSH

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...

    2010StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bridge — Steam game cover

    The Bridge

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Machines 1.5 — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines 1.5

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Machines 1.5 — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines 1.5

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.

    2008StrategyCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crazy Machines VR — Steam game cover

    Crazy Machines VR

    Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Crazy Machines Elements.

    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.

    2018IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →