Single-player games like Pocket Planet
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Pocket Planet, 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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Hexologic
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Pocket Planet.
Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!
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Railway Islands - Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pocket Planet.
Railway Islands is a puzzle game about designing a railway map for a large archipelago. Make a safe path between the stations and let your train deliver all the resources and go to the next island.
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Terra Nil
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Pocket Planet.
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
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Please Fix The Road
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Pocket Planet.
Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!
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Hexcells Infinite
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Pocket Planet.
Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
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Block'hood
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pocket Planet.
Block’hood is a neighborhood-building simulator that celebrates the diversity and experimentation of cities and the unique ecosystems within them. Budding city planners will have access to 200+ building blocks to combine and to create unique neighborhoods and discover the implications of their designs.
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Linkito
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pocket Planet.
Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.
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Mini Motorways
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Pocket Planet.
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city. Build a traffic network, one road at a time, to create a bustling metropolis. Redesign your roads and place your motorways to get everyone where they need to go. How long can you keep the city moving?
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Goblin Squad - Total Division
Single-player alternative to Pocket Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pocket Planet.
Command your tribe of goblins. Recruit new, unruly, reluctant fighters as they travel and pillage the human’s kingdoms! Time to take your sweet, sweet revenge on the pink oppressors!