Single-player games like Mage Ball
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Mage Ball, 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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Beam
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.
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Galaxy Pilgrim
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
Launch into a high-stakes, physics-based arcade game where you can't walk, so you must fly! Boost a reluctant engineer through hundreds of levels of chaotic, pinball-like flight, dodging deadly traps and collecting ore for his country.
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Peasant Jump Quest Extreme AI 8K
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
Jump to the top, kick the king off, to save the world, and get all the females. 3D, 8K, action, puzzle, platforming at its finest. With an optional jump helper that will show almost where you will jump to make split second jumps skill based.
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The Gun Goes; BOOM!
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
Oh no, you have lost your legs! Use your sci-fi gun to rocket jump your way up, but be careful; one wrong move and you might just fall right to where you started.
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Cosmotica
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
Cosmotica is a tough-as-nails first-person platforming game that tests your platforming prowess in the void of deep space. Jump, walljump, and dash through 30 hand-crafted levels. Master the high skill movement that makes for fun speedruns through the levels.
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Extreme Delivery
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mage Ball.
This is why your packages are always late! Run and jump your way to a job well done by delivering items as fast as possible. Dodge falling objects, explosions, and gigantic hammers along the way. Proceed with caution though... losing any items may result in an unhappy customer!
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Robot Labs Remake
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
You wake up in a robot body and a charismatic voice makes you take endurance tests. You take your device to move objects in space and show this voice how to pass these tests.
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Overheat
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
Overheat is a hard sidescrolling platformer in which a robot only needs to climb up one level to return to its home planet. How hard can that be?
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Ignatius
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Mage Ball.
Ignatius is a atmospheric puzzle-platformer game with an interesting story. The game with its visual form and plot refers to the old silent movies.
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Theofil
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mage Ball.
Theofil is an action arcade game in which you'll guide a hooded hero wearing an ancient robe. Your weapon is a magical wooden staff that brave Theofil uses to destroy his enemies. His abilities will help you fight against dangerous enemies.
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Magnus Imago
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mage Ball.
Magnus Imago is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.
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Dick Ranger
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
Experience an amazing adventure with Dick Ranger, who set off in search of his lost father William, a valued explorer and anthropologist. Travel with the hero through different lands and places.
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Magnus Positive Phototaxis
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mage Ball.
Magnus Positive Phototaxis is an atmospheric journey through a mysterious world of characters, traces and symbols. The task of the player is to solve the puzzles, using proper combinations of objects, finding them in the environment around him.
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Lazarus A.D. 2222
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Mage Ball.
The final part of the Sons of Welder game series, set in a dystopian universe, which uniquely combines games from the Magnus series. A game that you can experience on two levels. Hand-drawn motion comics. A metaphorical journey into oneself. A mystical experience with a touch of good humor.
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The Order of the Snake Scale
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mage Ball.
Inspired by Lovecraft, a psychological survival horror game set in a dystopian, alternative universe. Discover the mystery of the woman's death and learn the dark secrets of the Happy Rock. Are you ready?
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100 hidden Cthulhu fish
Single-player alternative to Mage Ball — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Mage Ball.
100 hidden Cthulhu fish is a hidden objects / clicker game. There are 100 fish hiding on each map. Your task is to find them all