Single-player games like The Penguin Factory
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Penguin Factory, 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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Tumblestone
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
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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RUSH
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
From the twisted puzzle minds behind the award winning Toki Tori comes a new game, simply called RUSH. Fortunately for fans of high quality puzzle games, RUSH is anything but simple. In the game's fully three dimensional levels, players need to guide cubes to color coded exit points using Conveyor belts, Warps, Stops Signs, Splits and...
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MouseCraft
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
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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Octogeddon
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
You ARE Octogeddon, a massive mutant octopus with one mission: DESTROY the world! Grow more tentacles and evolve each of them into deadlier and deadlier weapons until you become the ultimate eight-legged killing machine!
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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
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You Must Build A Boat
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to the award winning "10000000". Travel the world, run procedurally generated dungeons finding artifacts, capturing monsters and recruiting crew for your boat
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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I, Zombie
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
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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On A Roll 3D
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Penguin Factory.
On A Roll 3D is a fast, colourful 3D platform game. Roll your way through 24 huge levels across six different themes and be prepared to take on spikes, mines, dynamite, conveyor belts, springs, switches, doors, bumpers, lasers, saws, fire, ice, water, electricity, trapdoors and much much more.
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The Food Run
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
The Food Run is a colourful, classic puzzle game with a few tasty twists. The aim is simple - just eat everything you can see on the screen! Enjoy 64 unique puzzles across eight themes. Can you get three stars on them all?!
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The Wizards Who Fell In A Hole
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Penguin Factory.
The Wizards Who Fell In A Hole is a one- or two-player platform game in which each player controls a wizard who can jump and shoot at a variety of monsters, with the aim being to kill all monsters on a level before progressing.
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Square Route
Single-player alternative to The Penguin Factory — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Penguin Factory.
Square Route is an classic puzzle game in which you modify the terrain by adding and removing platforms and placing tools to create a safe Route for the Squares to get to their targets. With 120 addictive levels!