Single-player games like Lines Must Cross
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lines Must Cross, 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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PUROMA
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Lines Must Cross.
You are a prisoner of your own bedroom. Unable to leave. Their eyes are everywhere. Somewhere below the layers of filth lies the true heart of reality. You must dig.
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Rejected Draft
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.
You are a flawed doodle thrown in the trash. Battle rival sketches in an idle climb for revenge. Every enemy is drawn by community artists, with alternate versions and direct credits. In an unusual twist on builds, choose which enemies appear in your world, then defeat them to absorb their powers.
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MEGACITY
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.
Govern a post-collapse megacity of 1,000,000+ citizens. 300+ districts. 10+ factions. 520+ technologies. 836+ commodities. 2000+ events. Everything is on fire, the budget is imaginary, and a vending machine just filed for union representation. Idle/strategy/sandbox/city builder.
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Ascended Snake
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.
Ascended Snake is an incremental game based on the gameplay of the classic Snake. Earn points in your games to buy upgrades!
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What the Buck?!
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.
What the Buck?! is an incremental game about destroying money. Smash stacks of cash, upgrade your destructive power, discover game-changing skill tree upgrades, prestige and experience the dopamine of numbers exploding.
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Random Horse Derby
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.
A minimalist and automatic horse racing game. Choose between 5 horses to get as many victories as possible in order to climb the world leaderboard.
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Decrypting Life
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and Casual with Lines Must Cross.
Decrypting Life is a short, nostalgic incremental game where you restore corrupted files to uncover a story from the 2000s
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Azimuth
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Lines Must Cross.
Construct colossal megastructures in this industrial, retro-futuristic idle game. Manage grid-based modules, explore exotic star systems, and unlock the secrets of reality through exploitation and optimization.
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Frogo Jump
Single-player alternative to Lines Must Cross — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Lines Must Cross.
Jump into action with Frogo! Explore hand-crafted levels as you help him find his lost golden ball. Along the way, gobble up flies to keep Frogo energized for the adventure in this precision platformer.