Single-player games like Attempt[42]
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Attempt[42], 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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Construct: Escape the System
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Attempt[42].
„First person platforming gameplay at its very best!“ Construct: Escape the System is a sci-fi themed first person platformer that sees you trapped in a computer system, trying to escape. Explore the system and discover the 8 empowering 'ability orbs'.
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Redactem
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Attempt[42].
Rewind time and manipulate gravity in order to solve parkour puzzles in this exciting new 2D platformer.
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Square n Fair
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Relaxing puzzle platformer.
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Akin
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
In this puzzle, you only have to draw one continuous line. There are 96 puzzles on "Normal"-mode and 96 puzzles in "Time"-mode. Each puzzles can have many different solutions. This is game is Steamworks integrated with achivements, badges, trading cards and more.
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TRI: Of Friendship and Madness
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Attempt[42].
Find a way through the towers and dungeons of TRI by solving puzzles, climbing impossible ascents and reflecting light-rays. The mystical TRI will let you create your own paths in this strange world – just try not to lose your mind when you're falling upside down!
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Attempt[42].
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
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And Yet It Moves
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Attempt[42].
And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.
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Axyz
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Roll, flip gravity and bend perspective in Axyz. Use your environmental and spatial awareness to beat over 100 levels and soak in the vaporwave in this tribute to 90s puzzle games.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Attempt[42].
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Mirror's Edge™
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Attempt[42].
In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.
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Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Attempt[42].
Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.
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Linked
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Relaxing, minimalistic 2d-puzzle game.
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Puzzle Cube
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Three in a row, but in 3d!
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Felix Jumpman
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Attempt[42].
This action platformer takes place on the asteroids of far away worlds. You have to jump from asteroid to asteroid in 30+ mind bending levels in order to get through the level as fast as possible. Normal Game Mode - More that 30 handcrafted levels.
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Akin Vol 2
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Once again, you only have to draw one continuous line.