Single-player games like A Simple Square
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to A Simple Square, 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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Spread: Transmission
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
Charge, spread and take over your opponents’ cells in the turn-based casual strategy board game Spread: Transmission! Assert your dominance across various unique islands. The game is not over until the last charge is captured, so flip the board with a single thought-out move.
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Snakeloop
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
Snakeloop is a challenging puzzle game based on a simple idea: What if you took classic Snake but inverted the goal and made it so you have to form a loop by eating your own tail.
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Block Buster Billy
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
An alien family had a picnic on Billy's island. They had to leave in a hurry, causing Junior to forget his cubes. Can you help Billy figure out the mind-boggling alien puzzles?
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Elemental Connection
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with A Simple Square.
Minimalist abstract puzzle board game about making elemental connections. Match tiles to create a satisfying mosaic.
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Chess Brain
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!
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Bloxpath
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
A minimalist roll playing puzzle game. About 10 unique puzzle mechanics, around 200 puzzles, and satisfying smooth procedural animations.
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Knight Swap
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with A Simple Square.
One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?
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Unlock The King
Single-player alternative to A Simple Square — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with A Simple Square.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.