Single-player games like Energy Cycle
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Energy Cycle, 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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Tetris® Effect: Connected
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!
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Energy Balance
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Energy Balance is a number puzzle. You have to swap power units in such a way that their sums form correct chains both vertically and horizontally. The game is easy to learn, but very hard to master. So, are you ready to peep under the hood of an alien spaceship?
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ISLANDERS: New Shores
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
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Tumblestone
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
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Roundabout
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Drive a constantly spinning limousine around town! Roundabout is a '70s B-Movie game where you pick up passengers, find secret collectibles, take on dangerous missions, and fall in love in a far out open world puzzle adventure - all while driving a revolving limo!
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I, Zombie
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!
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Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Awakened from his slumber, Beatbuddy journeys through lush hand-painted environments on a quest to save his companions and his own immortality. Beatbuddy interacts with the living breathing environment that pulses to the beat of an original soundtrack, aiding him as he unlocks new paths and solves puzzles.
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MouseCraft
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Energy Cycle.
Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help Schrödinger, the crazy cat scientist, in completing his mysterious, mice-powered invention.
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Make it indie!
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Energy Cycle.
Claw your way through the abyss of the mind and survive the horrors that stalk you as you attempt to survive seven days as... an Indie Developer.
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Retention
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
This game is about a person who kept running through his life, never looking back at the past. Once during a trip, he gets into trouble. Now he's lying on the cold ground, buried beneath his bicycle. Slides of various moments fly through his head.
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Bacteria
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
'Bacteria' - A relaxing puzzle game based on the rules of the cellular automaton ‘Life’ devised by John Horton Conway in 1970.
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Energy Invasion
Single-player alternative to Energy Cycle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Energy Cycle.
Energy Invasion - an arcade game inspired by the classic Breakout. Unlike the original game, your ball does not break blocks on its own, but can launch missiles in a chosen direction.