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Single-player games like Dale Hardshovel HD

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Dale Hardshovel HD, 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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    Pilie Pals — Steam game cover

    Pilie Pals

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

    Lead a group of adorable creatures known as Pilies and help them climb and stack their way to the goal in this unique and family-friendly puzzle game!

    2021IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Assembly — Steam game cover

    Assembly

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

    Construct animals from pieces in new 3D puzzle game.

    2021IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lonely Birds — Steam game cover

    Lonely Birds

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

    A puzzler where you reunite separated PEARakeets with their match by clicking on pairs of animals to make them move towards each other. It starts simple but grows challenging quickly over the many available levels, all in a pretty, cozy and cute setting.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual13.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fill the Cat Box! — Steam game cover

    Fill the Cat Box!

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

    A casual 3D physics puzzle game, similar to Suika Game, Watermelon Game, where you combine cats of the same size and color to create larger cats. Fit as many cats into the box as you can before letting a cat fall out! Try to break your old high scores! Watermelon in background.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual3.00 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Calmie Dots — Steam game cover

    Calmie Dots

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

    Calmie Dots is a new take on the classic puzzle game. Relax, don't rush anywhere and just put all the spheres in the right places to pleasant, relaxing music!

    2022IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TatuBall: A Minimalist LoFi Puzzle — Steam game cover

    TatuBall: A Minimalist LoFi Puzzle

    Single-player alternative to Dale Hardshovel HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dale Hardshovel HD.

    With puzzle gameplay in a relaxed atmosphere with LoFi music, you must help Tatu (an armadillo) to find burrows to survive during the seasons, but for that, you can only move when Tatu is stopped, and every new season, new challenges will appear

    2021Casual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wark & Wimble — Steam game cover

    Wark & Wimble

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

    Eat food, hatch eggs and solve puzzles in this 2D puzzle game. Use the characters to arrange objects while avoiding deadly traps and enemies.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SokoMatch: Lizard Saga — Steam game cover

    SokoMatch: Lizard Saga

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

    In this game, you will help Lizzy, a lovable Lizard, to match 3 or more gems of the same collor in order to solve the puzzles and clear the stages! Are you ready? Solve!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident — Steam game cover

    Showing Tonight: Mindhunters Incident

    Single-player alternative to Dale Hardshovel HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Dale Hardshovel HD.

    Use your detective skills to solve the mystery of the missing film crew and finish the movie.

    2015AdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A-Gents — Steam game cover

    A-Gents

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

    A-Gents is the squad of highly trained operatives and bounty hunters. Join Sean and Emma in this dynamic, non-stop-action game. Storm the compounds of contraband dealers and smugglers around the globe, and collect goodies.

    2016ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ziggy's Chase — Steam game cover

    Ziggy's Chase

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

    Never mind the plumber, the hedgehog is coming to Steam! THE GAME FEATURES CLASSIC GAMEPLAY, AND VR MODE AS WELL.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    interLOGIC — Steam game cover

    interLOGIC

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

    interLOGIC is a simple and atmospheric matching blocks puzzle game.

    2017IndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dash Fleet — Steam game cover

    Dash Fleet

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

    Dash Fleet is a simple and fun dashing action game.

    2017ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Dojo — Steam game cover

    Mad Dojo

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

    Are you mad enough to prove your ninja skills in Mad Dojo? You’ll get a lot of headache and break a gamepad until you master insanely difficult obstacles, impress Sensei and earn his daughter’s sympathies! But we warn you - we don’t take wimpy players! Just do it!

    2018ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dead Link: Pages Torn — Steam game cover

    Dead Link: Pages Torn

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

    A single page torn from Amanda's journal is the clue that will lure Ellen into dangerous game of deception and greed connected to Grace Manor.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →