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Single-player games like hocus

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to hocus, 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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    VOI — Steam game cover

    VOI

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

    Do you think 1 + 1 = 0 is correct? So what do you think about "black + black = white" statement?

    2016IndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Puzzlement — Steam game cover

    Puzzlement

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

    a game about walking/jumping between plane surfaces to collect all red squares

    2018IndieSimulationCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TOK HARDCORE — Steam game cover

    TOK HARDCORE

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

    TOK HARDCORE is a logical puzzle in which you need to connect all points with lines.

    2019IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arko — Steam game cover

    Arko

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

    Relax with this minimalist puzzle game.

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BAFF Halloween — Steam game cover

    BAFF Halloween

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

    Minimalist, hardcore, and challenging drag-and-drop game in the avoid-em-up genre with a creepy style that will test your reflexes, timing, and planning! This game is as hard as hell!

    2023IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kombine — Steam game cover

    Kombine

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

    Kombine is a minimalist puzzle game played on a grid. The goal is to remove all of the blocks that have borders by matching three or more of the same blocks together.

    2016StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    macdows 95 — Steam game cover

    macdows 95

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

    you have an update for your operating system...

    2019IndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zup! S — Steam game cover

    Zup! S

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

    Minimal physical puzzle with explosions

    2018IndieCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Witness — Steam game cover

    The Witness

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

    2016IndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  10. 10
    Stephen's Sausage Roll — Steam game cover

    Stephen's Sausage Roll

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

    A simple 3d puzzle game.

    2016Indie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Snakebird — Steam game cover

    Snakebird

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

    Do you like puzzles, fruit and the notion of crossing a snake with a bird for no good reason? If the answer to at least one of those questions is yes, then Snakebird might be the game for you. Solve your way through this headscratcher of a puzzle game and help the snakebirds sate their hunger.

    2015Indie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  12. 12
    TIS-100 — Steam game cover

    TIS-100

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

    TIS-100 is an open-ended programming game by Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem and Infinifactory, in which you rewrite corrupted code segments to repair the TIS-100 and unlock its secrets. It’s the assembly language programming game you never asked for!

    2015IndieSimulation6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Recursed — Steam game cover

    Recursed

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

    A puzzle game where the rooms are items and the items are rooms. Get to the goal by moving, rearranging and duplicating rooms and altering the structure of the world.

    2016IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker

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

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    hocus 2 — Steam game cover

    hocus 2

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

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    2021IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →