Single-player games like Permute
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Permute, 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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Grow Home
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
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Alien Hostage
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Ready to give up? Ready to rage? In 'Alien Hostage' you must complete all challenges given to you by the human scientists who have trapped you on Earth.
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Lumote: The Mastermote Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Meet Lumote, the squishiest bioluminescent creature, in this beautiful 3D puzzle platformer. Take control of the world’s inhabitants on a quest into the Great Depths to seize control from the Mastermote.
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Attempt[42]
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Challenging first person puzzle platformer.
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Turbo Pug 3D
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Turbo Pug is back! And this time, he's three dimensional! Join Turbo Pug and friends, sprint your way through a randomly generated voxel world with scaling difficulty. Turbo Pug 3D - Fast paced, casual fun.
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Lovely Planet Arcade
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Relive your journey to Lovely Planet in this brand new adventure packed with impossible tests of skill and patience. Craft intricate combos to unfold the complex puzzle of flying projectiles and moving targets into a graceful sequence of well timed shots and jumps.
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MEANDERS
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
MEANDERS is a sparkling adventure through a series of funny and relaxing challenges in a colourful setting.
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Grimm
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
The true meaning of the word fear... Once upon a time, fairy tales were valuable cautionary yarns filled with dire warnings and sage advice. However, over time, the stories have become so watered down with cute woodland creatures and happy endings that they have lost their true meaning and purpose. No more!
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Two Digits
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Simple, minimalist and difficult. Two Digits is a perfect blend between insanity and happiness. You are given 9 numbers less than 100, and all you have to do is to choose two subsets with the same sum.
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Snik
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Snik is an extremely hard game that will test your reflexes, timing, aiming and planning ahead in a simple, minimalist interface.
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Three Digits
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Three Digits is the sequel to our first game Two Digits. You are given 14 numbers less than 1000, and all you have to do is to choose two subsets with the same sum.
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The Growth Journey
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Permute.
A game about tactical growth, where growth is irreversible.
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Swiftly
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Permute.
Swiftly is a very challenging platformer game. It has simple graphics and easy to understand rules, but you are going to have a hard time completing the levels.
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Tenrow
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Tenrow is a logic puzzle game. Includes 50 levels.
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Multimirror
Single-player alternative to Permute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Permute.
Multimirror is a minimal grid-based puzzle game.