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Single-player games like Unium

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Unium, 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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    Knight Swap — Steam game cover

    Knight Swap

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

    One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?

    2019StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    14 Minesweeper Variants — Steam game cover

    14 Minesweeper Variants

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

    Minesweeper but the rules are changing.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Patrick's Parabox — Steam game cover

    Patrick's Parabox

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

    A mind-bending recursive puzzle game about boxes within boxes within boxes within boxes. Learn to use infinity to your advantage as you explore a deep and elegant system.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hexcells — Steam game cover

    Hexcells

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

    Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Filament — Steam game cover

    Filament

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

    Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).

    2020StrategyIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hexcells Infinite — Steam game cover

    Hexcells Infinite

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

    Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Polimines 2 — Steam game cover

    Polimines 2

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

    Polimines 2 is the sequel to Polimines, a challenging logic game that combines Nonograms and Minesweeper mechanics. All levels are designed by hand so that guessing is never necessary.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SiNKR — Steam game cover

    SiNKR

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

    SiNKR is a minimalist puzzler using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Portal — Steam game cover

    Portal

    Single-player alternative to Unium — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.

    2007Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TransPlan — Steam game cover

    TransPlan

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

    Deliver a payload from point A to point B with only a few simple tools and the laws of physics. Create ramps and catapults, watch objects tumble and fall, and someway... somehow reach the destination. Each project is a hand-drawn puzzle for you to interact with -- Devise a plan, experiment, and make it happen!

    2015StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Canabalt — Steam game cover

    Canabalt

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

    Escape the destruction of your city with just one button! The game that popularized the infinite runner genre is back with two-player mode and new challenges.

    2015ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anode — Steam game cover

    Anode

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

    Anode reintroduces the classic falling-block puzzle genre, with new twists and challenges! Link blocks back and forth across each other. Match angled couplers to create chains of multiple colors. Play Mission Mode and complete randomly-generated objectives for more challenge!

    2015ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Puzzle Rogue — Steam game cover

    Puzzle Rogue

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

    Puzzle Rogue is a roguelike homage to the original Puzzle Quest! Guide your party through the forbidden castle, gathering equipment and items to bolster their strength!  Encounter enemies and battle them in 16-bit JRPG style gem-based combat!

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →