Single-player games like The Box is Alive
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Box is Alive, 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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I Am Mouse
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Box is Alive.
Step into the paws of a tiny mouse in I Am Mouse, a charming third-person adventure where you create your own path. Fight, sneak, or explore freely through rich environments full of choices, secrets, and alternate routes.
- 2
PogoChamp
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Box is Alive.
PogoChamp is a hilarious 3D platformer inspired by I Am Bread and Getting Over It, but with a deliberate focus on being "Fun, not Frustrating". Where most QWOP-like games involve complex & unintuitive control schemes, PogoChamp's controls are easy to understand (though still tricky to master).
- 3
Sleembo
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Box is Alive.
Help Bo wake up! Control her with funny ragdoll physics in free fall, dodge obstacles, collect fragments, and open the awakening portals. Unique biomes, traps, mini-games, dreamlike atmosphere with nice music, and more!
- 4
I Am Fish
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with The Box is Alive.
I Am Fish is a charming, physics-based adventure starring four intrepid fish friends, forcibly separated from their home in a pet shop fish tank. Swim, fly, roll and chomp your way to the open ocean in a bid for freedom and to re-unite once again.
- 5
Blocksplode
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Box is Alive.
Blow stuff up! Part casual destruction simulator, part fiendish puzzle game. Destroy the structures, sink the grumpy blue blocks and save the gems to rise to the top of the tower. Physics-based puzzle solving or create and share online your own designs. 1P or online multiplayer for up to 4 friends.
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CHEATED
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Box is Alive.
Cheat your friends to make them fall screaming. ㅤㅤㅤ You are tiny. Reach the attic. It's easy.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ 1-8 players, or streamer mode.ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ 158 unique pranks, and your friend screams every time.
- 7
Mail Mole + 'Xpress Deliveries
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Box is Alive.
Mail Mole is a charming 3D platformer featuring Molty, the fastest delivery mole, in his quest to save Carrotland from disaster! Explore magical worlds, make new friends, race against Mecha-Moles, find collectibles, solve puzzles and deliver awesomeness to the end of the world!
- 8
Cluck Up!
Single-player alternative to The Box is Alive — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Box is Alive.
Cluck Up! is a multiplayer vertical platformer where fearless chickens scale a towering world of obstacles, hidden secrets, and dangerous jumps on a journey to reach the summit.