Single-player games like Hellgineers
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Hellgineers, 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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Powdertron
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
A physics sandbox built on real chemistry. Drop 674 materials into a falling-sand world and watch them react, burn, freeze and explode. Then wire circuits, test wings in a wind tunnel, or split light through lenses — alone or with friends online.
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HAKO TOWER
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Welcome to HAKO TOWER, a physics-based tower builder! Stack blocks, scream as they fall, and dodge obstacles. And... adore Hako. A tiny hamster who just stares at you... He can’t help you... He’s... just... a hamster, after all. Test your luck and skill!
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Pingis!
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Pingis! is a table tennis adventure where you face quirky opponents, acquire exciting powerups, and upgrade your racket in a story to become the Pingis World Champion!
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Meta Pong
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
IT'S DEMON TIME!
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When Ski Lifts Go Wrong
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Ride into a hilarious construction puzzler; packed with over 100 creative physics-based challenges, sports and bloody disasters! Build contraptions to help every passenger reach their destination. Enjoy the sports by controlling your riders away from (or towards if you feel like it) peril!
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Squares and Stuff
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
Build, experiment, and share in Squares and Stuff, a pixel-retro sandbox game inspired by classic "falling sand" games. Unleash your creativity in an open-ended world filled with sandbox elements like water, paint, fire, sand, animals, humans, zombies, and a controllable 2D platform character.
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FlatPackers
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
CHAOTIC CO-OP BUILDING - Mistakes will be Made! Build flatpack furniture alone or with friends from simply a picture of the final piece so you must work out how everything fits together, which tools to use and with no object snapping, players need skill and practice to perfect their building skills.
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Tinytopia
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hellgineers.
Construct charming toy towns and cities atop tiny terrain. Combine building blocks to create new megastructures. Test your skills in the physics-based Challenge stages or simply unwind and obliterate everything with an array of cute catastrophes!
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Cosmic Collapse
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hellgineers.
Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!
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Shadow King
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hellgineers.
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
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Golf Monday
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hellgineers.
Partake in what seems like a normal golf tournament. But watch out! Your competitors will stop at nothing to win.
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Orb of Aeternum
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hellgineers.
A bite sized dungeon manager game that requires new strategies every time you play! Mine, build, and fight your way to success.
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Sunset Solitaire
Single-player alternative to Hellgineers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Hellgineers.
Classic Solitaire with pixel perfect graphics and soothing chip tunes. Four variants with separate difficulty modes and an addicting scoring mechanism for unlocking card backs.