Single-player games like The Gardener
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Gardener, 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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Chomp Garden
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Gardener.
A bite-sized puzzle adventure in a garden full of deceptively cute plants. Play as a tiny glowing lamp and shape them with your light to make your way deeper and find your pup.
- 2
The Court Of Wanderers
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener.
Enter a world where you never know what you will find behind the next door. Wander, think, solve, and be amazed as the impossible becomes possible.
- 3
E9uations
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Gardener.
You are the equal sign(=). Rearrange the numbers and operators to form equation and solve the puzzle.
- 4
Shrink Rooms
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Gardener.
Run! The walls are shrinking! This is about solving puzzles by pushing boxes from collapsing secret room. Accurately plan your steps, avoid deep pits and traps, use polymer and portal wall in the room, and escape from the secret room to avoid being crushed into a puddle of flesh by the walls.
- 5
SubDuctis
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener.
Traverse a puzzling metallic landscape by folding away space itself. Bypass obstacles, form conductive paths, and discover new areas by folding, unfolding, and folding again.
- 6
Puzzle Depot
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Gardener.
A box-pushing, bug-squishing, post-apocalyptic adventure awaits you in Puzzle Depot! Challenge hundreds of meticulously designed rooms that expand on classic sokoban gameplay with new and creative mechanics. Build your own devious creations with the included level editor!
- 7
A Directionless Cycle
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Gardener.
2D Sokoban game where you explore a game that's slowly degrading, while you control multiple tiles with different directions at the same time.
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Black & White in Balance
Single-player alternative to The Gardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Gardener.
A puzzle game where you move stones to bring balance between black and white. Inspired by Go, it features its own unique world and board-based puzzles.