Single-player games like Polly's Puzzle Box
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Polly's Puzzle Box, 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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Dungeon Gals
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
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Echoes of the Unread
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
Wake up in a world where stories come to life. In this enchanted 8-bit musical adventure, use the power of song to explore whimsical book-inspired realms, solve puzzles, and help Rhapsody find her way home from a library that doesn't want to let her go.
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Gravity Grove
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
Gravity Grove is a 2D platformer set on the faces of a 3D cube. Walk over the edges to rotate the entire level, shifting gravity in your favor to open up new paths and uncover hidden secrets from the past.
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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RUBATO
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
RUBATO, an experimental, 2D physics-based take on the collect-a-thon genre!
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Crypt Custodian
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
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Constance
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
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Isles of Sea and Sky
Single-player alternative to Polly's Puzzle Box — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Polly's Puzzle Box.
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.