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Single-player games like Codebound

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Codebound, 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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    Glum Buster — Steam game cover

    Glum Buster

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Codebound.

    Take a mind-bending trip through a mysterious, haunting alternate reality. Use your newly discovered magic, wits, and curiosity to cleanse the world of glum and find a way back to your family. Experience the wonder of this 2009 AIGF Showcase winner and indie cult classic.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PP — Steam game cover

    PP

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Codebound.

    This is a "butt" as the protagonist of the breakthrough game Players will take the role of a pink ass in a hurry to go to the toilet. Dodge all kinds of fast food attacks on the way, break through the obstacles and finally reach the toilet!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TitTok — Steam game cover

    TitTok

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Codebound.

    TitTok - Minimalistic adventure 2D puzzle platformer with cats, explosions and spinning saws! TikTok ≠ TitTok

    2021IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mekabolt — Steam game cover

    Mekabolt

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Codebound.

    Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blocks That Matter — Steam game cover

    Blocks That Matter

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codebound.

    When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

    2011StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Time in Time — Steam game cover

    Time in Time

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codebound.

    Time in Time is a side scroller puzzle-platformer game where you control everything with timers..

    2017StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D. — Steam game cover

    Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D.

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Codebound.

    Rescue cats! Collect hearts! Defy the laws of physics! Q.P.I.D. is part platformer, part physics puzzler, part race against the clock. Did we mention the cats?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bridge — Steam game cover

    The Bridge

    Single-player alternative to Codebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Codebound.

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →