Single-player games like Rated Sudoku
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Rated Sudoku, 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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Mini Words - minimalist puzzle
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Rated Sudoku.
721 words. That is enough to cover 90% of conversations in English. Unscramble those words in Mini Words - a unique mix of puzzle, word search and hangman.
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Letter Quest: Grimm's Journey Remastered
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Rated Sudoku.
The grim reapers Grimm and Rose need your help to defeat a legion of monsters, ghosts, and evil bunnies using the power of words! Letter Quest Remastered is the remake of the Bacon Bandits' first game, now with an endless mode, new soundtrack, and fully animated monsters!
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Typefighters (Steam Edition)
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rated Sudoku.
Typefighters is a competitive multiplayer game where two players battle each other using their typing skills. Its variety of modes does not only emphasise typing speed and correctness, but also other skills like reaction time, sustained attention, creativity, tactics and anticipating the opponents moves.
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ISLANDERS
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Rated Sudoku.
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
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You Can Kana - Learn Japanese Hiragana & Katakana
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Rated Sudoku.
Learn and master the japanese phonetic alphabets at your own pace with this meditative language learning tool.
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Sokobond
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rated Sudoku.
Sokobond is an elegantly designed puzzle game about chemistry. It's logical, minimalist, and beautiful - crafted with love and science.
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Type:Rider
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Rated Sudoku.
In this platform game you embody ":" ready to travel through the History of typography, from it's origin to today! Overcome obstacles, escape your enemies and collect asterisks, but beware not to fall down! Will you come out of this journey unscathed?
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Linkito
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rated Sudoku.
Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.
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Apestin Explorer
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Rated Sudoku.
Monsters roamed among us, wearing masks of wealth and status. In the early 2000s, disturbing crimes were hidden behind power and influence. Explore, gather evidence, connect clues, and expose a web of corruption. The real monsters are never supernatural, they are people protected by power.
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Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Rated Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Rated Sudoku.
A casual Sudoku game that lets you draw out your reasoning on the board.