Single-player games like Loophole
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Loophole, 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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Chronigma
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?
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Chronescher
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Chronescher is a challenging turn-based puzzle game in Escher-esque spaces. Use impossible geometries, teleportation and environmental snapshots to navigate your mind and uncover your lost memories.
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Astro Loopers
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
What if you could rewind time — and team up with your past self? Astro Loopers is a Sokoban-style puzzle game set in a cosmic universe, where every move echoes through time. Your past characters repeat their actions as time loops stack up — coordinate them to solve increasingly mind-bending stages.
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Chiasm
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Chiasm blends mind-bending time puzzles with a unique, pensive aesthetic. Learn how to work when time is flowing backwards.
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Pipeworks Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Pipeworks puzzle adds a new twist to the classic sliding-tile puzzle! Connect pipes as you move them in a grid-based arena to match the blueprint. You can only move the pieces into empty tiles, so plan your next move carefully.
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Freeway Fiasco
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Freeway Fiasco is a time-bending puzzle game. Control multiple cars, one at a time in a shared timeline. Your choices can set off a ripple effect with surprising interactions - past, present and future.
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Perplexicube
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Perplexicube is a challenging isometric puzzler where you must work together with your past and future selves. You'll have to think ahead as you create loops backwards in time to set your futures selves up for success.
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Parcel
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Parcel is a brain-twisting puzzle game where unique character abilities are used in unison to solve interlocking laser conundrums. Switch between members of your colorful team of postpeople and make your way through over 120 futuristic mind-benders!
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Patrick's Parabox
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Loophole — 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.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Stephen's Sausage Roll
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
A simple 3d puzzle game.
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Blue Prince
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
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Baba Is You
Single-player alternative to Loophole — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Loophole.
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!