Single-player games like Pragma Twice
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pragma Twice, 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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Mainlining
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pragma Twice.
After MI7 has been hacked, your primary goal is to bring a cyber-criminal network to justice. Played entirely from your computer's desktop, Mainlining is a thrilling point and click hacking adventure that features a gripping narrative which will have you hooked from the very first case.
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Baba Is You
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
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Opus Magnum
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pragma Twice.
Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
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SpaceChem
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pragma Twice.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
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Duskers
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pragma Twice.
Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.
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Kaizen: A Factory Story
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pragma Twice.
Kaizen is an open-ended puzzle automation game from the original Zachtronics team, set in 1980s Japan. Design, build, and optimize production lines to create iconic products, like calculators, camcorders, and arcade machines.
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Human Resource Machine
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pragma Twice.
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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Linkito
Single-player alternative to Pragma Twice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Pragma Twice.
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.