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Single-player games like Number Machine: Math Factory

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Number Machine: Math Factory, 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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    Opus Magnum — Steam game cover

    Opus Magnum

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!

    2017IndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fractal Foundry — Steam game cover

    Fractal Foundry

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Automate fractal megastructures from simple cubes. Design nested factories that scale into recursive systems. Use conditions and loops to solve progressively challenging goals. No pressure, no costs, just pure creativity and automation.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kaskade — Steam game cover

    Kaskade

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Connect an evolving delivery network in Kaskade, a minimalist strategy game. Construct intricate paths to ensure each delivery gets to the right destination. Unlock upgrades to manage the increasing complexity as your network grows. Relax to the ambient soundtrack and the satisfying puzzle vibes.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Linkito — Steam game cover

    Linkito

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    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.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Automate It: Factory Puzzle — Steam game cover

    Automate It: Factory Puzzle

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Automate It is a factory-building puzzle game that challenges players to find clever solutions within size, power, and time constraints. Design, build, and share your own puzzles with other players. If you want to build it - choose Automate It.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation12.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Factory 95 — Steam game cover

    Factory 95

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Build PowerPoint factories in Windows 95! Manage space, make increasingly complex slides and worry about Y2K in this challenging factory builder.

    2026Simulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kaizen: A Factory Story — Steam game cover

    Kaizen: A Factory Story

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.

    2025StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    shapez — Steam game cover

    shapez

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Please Fix The Road — Steam game cover

    Please Fix The Road

    Single-player alternative to Number Machine: Math Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Number Machine: Math Factory.

    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!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →