Single-player games like Crazy Machines 3
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Crazy Machines 3, 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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Bridge Constructor Portal
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Enter the Aperture Science Enrichment Center and experience Bridge Constructor Portal – the unique merging of the classic Portal™ and Bridge Constructor™ games.
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Crazy Machines 2
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Crazy Machines 2 is packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest "Rube Goldberg-style" contraptions yet! All new elements, plus an amazing 3D physics engine lets you craft even more complex gadgets and effects.
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Crazy Machines
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Turn the crank, rotate the gears, push the levers, Use the catapult, explode it, or fly it...From grilling sausages with a pulley, gears, rubberbands and a candle to firing a cannon with a basketball, these wacky brain-teasers will light up your imagination with creative and addictive fun.
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Contraption Maker
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
The spiritual successor to The Incredible Machine from its original designer and programmer. Play 100s of puzzles. Build and share elaborate contraptions with an huge variety of parts and critters.
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Poly Bridge
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Unleash your engineering creativity with an engaging and fresh bridge-building simulator with all the bells and whistles. Enjoy hours of physics-based puzzle solving in the Campaign and then jump in the Sandbox to create your own bridge designs and puzzles!
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Kerbal Space Program
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
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Linkito
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
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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Crayon Physics Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Marble Run
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
Marble Run - is a fantastic educational toy that provides hours of fun while combining basic learning skills with coordination and organizational skill.
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Crazy Machines 1.5
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
Create Your Own Zany "Rube Goldberg" Devices! Go crazy with over 200 brand new gizmo-twistin' levels! Enjoy all-new elements, music, backgrounds and more. Start off in the Inventor's Training Camp to sharpen your skills.
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Crazy Machines Elements
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crazy Machines 3.
GET YOUR BRAIN BUZZING with each new challenge in the latest installment of the multi award-winning wacky contraption series - CRAZY MACHINES ELEMENTS. Play with Fire, harness the power of water and control the wind to set off the most insanely creative chain reactions!
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Crazy Machines VR
Single-player alternative to Crazy Machines 3 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Crazy Machines 3.
With Crazy Machines VR the award winning puzzle game classic enters the Virtual Reality! Complete many crazy chain reactions and experience a rousing adventure surrounding the odd Clumsycorns! Or just mess around in the ingenious new interactive toy rooms.