Single-player games like Idea Fix
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Idea Fix, 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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Feed the Reactor
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Idea Fix.
An incremental unfolding game about feeding fuel into a reactor. Combine elements to produce energy, unlock exotic technologies and explore a strange galaxy.
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Horripilant
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idea Fix.
KILL YOUR GOD. BECOME WORTHY. Horripilant is a chilling idle incremental dungeon crawl through the horrors of a forgotten underworld.
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Execute
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idea Fix.
Kill everyone in the world with a guillotine… on a cursed Win98 desktop.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Idea Fix.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Rock Crusher
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Idea Fix.
Rock Crusher is an incremental game with a massive skill tree. Control a little rock-crushing machine stranded on a mysterious planet. Crush rocks, collect materials, evolve through upgrades, uncover the planet’s secrets - and maybe, just maybe, find a way to escape.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Idea Fix.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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Pathologic 3
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Idea Fix.
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
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Static Dread: The Lighthouse
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Idea Fix.
Lovecraft meets Papers, Please. Play as a lighthouse keeper and guide ships safely into the harbor using your radio. Survive the presence of something impossible, and don’t let the shadows consume you!
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Satisfactory
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Idea Fix.
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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Dear Esther
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Idea Fix.
Begin a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years.
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Increlution
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Idea Fix.
Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts
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Cleaning Simulator
Single-player alternative to Idea Fix — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idea Fix.
Cleaning Simulator offers a relaxing and satisfying experience where mess turns into order and dirt into shine. Sweep, scrub, and polish. Every corner transforms under your touch!