Single-player games like Cracking the Cryptic
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Cracking the Cryptic, 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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Killer Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
In Killer Sudoku, every puzzle features cages that tell you the sum of the numbers inside. This extra information leads to beautiful logic that you will master as you progress through our handmade puzzles.
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Miracle Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
Miracle Sudoku features beautiful puzzles that at first glance look impossible to solve!! Indeed, some of our Miracle puzzles have as few as two givens digits (!) but you will find them all to be solvable with a bit of clever logic!
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Arrow Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
In Arrow Sudoku, every puzzle contains a handful of "arrows" laid out in unique patterns. The numbers found along the shaft of the arrow must sum up to the number at the base. This simple rule leads to endless variety in the puzzles you will conquer.
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Chess Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
How does Chess Sudoku work? Well we’ve taken the classic sudoku game everyone knows and loves and created puzzles with chess-related twists! There are three different types of puzzles in the game: Knight Sudoku; King Sudoku and Queen Sudoku.
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Classic Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, this is the brand new “Classic Sudoku” game that their viewers have been requesting for the last two years!
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Thermo Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
How does Thermo Sudoku work? Each sudoku grid contains thermometer shapes (often drawn to create themes) and digits on thermometers must increase as one moves further from the bulb end.
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Sandwich Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, here is the brand new "Sandwich Sudoku" game that has become an internet sensation!
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Sven's SudokuPad
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Cracking the Cryptic.
Play your own sudokus in Cracking the Cryptic's beloved puzzle app.
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Hex
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
Hex is a unique puzzle game with a simple goal, clear the tiles to win. Tiles might multiply, explode, toggle on and off, and more as you jump between them in this exciting journey through over 80 challenging levels.
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Hex Two
Single-player alternative to Cracking the Cryptic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cracking the Cryptic.
Journey through 80 levels in this beautiful minimalist puzzle game. Jump from tile to tile as you attempt to clear the board. In Hex Two, you'll encounter 19 different types of tiles, each of which changing the way you must approach each level. Can you clear them all?