Single-player games like Cogs
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cogs, 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
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cogs.
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!
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Puzzle Dimension
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Find solutions to 100 unique puzzles and experience the satisfaction of "Aha" moments!
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Tidalis
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Tidalis is a block-based puzzle game with casual appeal, hardcore depth, and an addictive new "streams" mechanic. The game is brimming over with riffs and variants on that core mechanic with 20 game modes, dozens of special blocks and items, and 115 levels in the adventure mode alone.
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Toki Tori
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
The gameplay in Toki Tori is a blend of two genres. While it looks like a platform game, it's a puzzle game at heart. To progress through the game, the player must pick up each egg in a level using a set number of tools.
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Crayon Physics Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.
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Tetrobot and Co.
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Tetrobot is the world's most popular and reliable robot, but he's not perfect. That's why I, Maya, have built him a microscopic little brother, Psychobot.Help me guide Psy through Tetrobot's cogs and circuits: by swallowing blocks of matter and spitting them out, we can repair anything.
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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Program little office workers to solve puzzles. Be a good employee! The machines are coming... for your job. From the creators of World of Goo and Little Inferno.
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Baba Is You
Single-player alternative to Cogs — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cogs.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!