Single-player games like Tunnet
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Tunnet, 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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TIS-100
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!
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SHENZHEN I/O
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
BUILD CIRCUITS. WRITE CODE. RTFM.
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The Signal State
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, The Signal State puts your logic skills to the test with complex puzzles inspired by modular synthesizers. Repair machines, rebuild an abandoned farm, and be part of a revolution that will change the fate of agriculture once and for all.
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Virtual Circuit Board
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Virtual Circuit Board is the sandbox drawing-based logic simulator where you can build, program, decorate, and simulate anything from simple monochrome circuits to complex and colorful computers. Play with digital logic in this sandbox-only experience.
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Monster Logic
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
Enter the world of "Monster Logic", the monstrous programming game! In this hand-drawn puzzle game, you'll have to use each monster's unique ability to progress through the 40+ levels and the multiple biomes!
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ABI-DOS
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
Build the most advanced operating system ever created! Can you master the fictional simulation language of this mind-bending machine? Design circuits, automate UBITS (coloured mobile data blocks), and optimize your system. The Admin is always watching, and he’s not what he seems.
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Screeps: World
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.
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JOY OF PROGRAMMING - Software Engineering Simulator
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
Use real Python code to automate machines, robots, drones and more: Program self-driving vehicles; crack passwords; apply machine learning; automate logistics; use image processing to guide missiles. Gain real coding skills and solve exciting bite-sized programming challenges.
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tunnet.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
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Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Tunnet.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
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Factorio
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
Factorio is a game about building and creating automated factories to produce items of increasing complexity, within an infinite 2D world. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious structures, and finally protect it from the creatures who don't really like you.
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PowerWash Simulator
Single-player alternative to Tunnet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tunnet.
Release the Pressure with PowerWash Simulator! Wash away your worries with the soothing sounds of high-pressure water. Fire up your power washer and blast away every speck of dirt and grime you can find, all with the simple satisfaction of power-washing to a sparkling finish.