Single-player games like Sudoku
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to 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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Sudocats
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Sudoku.
Sudoku for cat people. Cats are wonderful creatures but you better not put them together without proper introduction. So, plan ahead to display them in the right order so they get along!
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Quilts and Cats of Calico
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Quilts and Cats of Calico is a wholesome, award-winning complex puzzle game for 1 to 4 players. Meet adorable cats and sew the coziest quilts. Compete with other players in multiplayer mode, play solo, or delve into the story of a quilter sewing their way through the city of cats.
- 3
Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Sudoku Zenkai is a game for everyone, from beginning to advanced players. It brings a new dimension to sudoku - you can solve puzzles with your friends, wherever they are! You can start a new puzzle with a friend or call one over to help when you get stuck.
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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
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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3D Math - Ultra
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sudoku.
Mathematic Ultra - is both simple and complex challenges!
- 6
Pixel Puzzles Traditional Jigsaw Puzzles
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Sudoku.
Pixel Puzzles, your number one place for digital jigsaws.
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Is This Seat Taken?
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Is This Seat Taken? is a logic puzzle game where you play matchmaker for groups of hilariously particular people. Each character has pet peeves that make seating them a delightful challenge. Find the perfect spot for each person to unlock new levels in this cozy, silly, and relatable experience.
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Miracle Sudoku
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Miracle Sudoku features beautiful puzzles that at first glance look impossible to solve!! Indeed, some of our Miracle puzzles have as few as two givens digits (!) but you will find them all to be solvable with a bit of clever logic!
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Mahjong
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
You have to match tiles in pairs until all of tiles are gone. Once two tiles have been matched, they will disappear. When you click on a tile - it becomes highlighted. You can select a tile, when it has at least one side edge free. No other tiles touching it, and cannot have any tiles on top of it.
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Ball Saves Ball
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Help the Ball to save his girlfriend. Cling to the walls to move. Try to collect all the stars.
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Panda Runner
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Help the panda save her baby. Catch up with the bird and collect crystals. Buy useful bonuses and weapons.
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Room Escape: Open Doors
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Escape from the rooms. Open the doors in the rooms. Look for keys and solve puzzles. Get to the roof of the skyscraper.
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Ball Adventure
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Help the ball save his girlfriend. Control it and change its size. Complete the levels as quickly as possible.
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Sort Hexa Tiles
Single-player alternative to Sudoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sudoku.
Sort the hexa tiles. Collect them in stacks of the same color. Use bonuses to help.