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Single-player games like CrossCells

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to CrossCells, 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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    Hexcells Infinite — Steam game cover

    Hexcells Infinite

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SquareCells — Steam game cover

    SquareCells

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CrossCells.

    SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

    2015IndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hexcells Plus — Steam game cover

    Hexcells Plus

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hexcells — Steam game cover

    Hexcells

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

    2014StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knight Swap — Steam game cover

    Knight Swap

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?

    2019StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chess Brain — Steam game cover

    Chess Brain

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pictopix — Steam game cover

    Pictopix

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Pictopix is a puzzle game where you use logic to color squares on grids in order to reveal pictures.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Filament — Steam game cover

    Filament

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Solve challenging cable-based puzzles and uncover what really happened to the crew of The Alabaster. Now with Hint System (for those ultra tricky puzzles).

    2020StrategyIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cracking the Cryptic — Steam game cover

    Cracking the Cryptic

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Curated Sudoku puzzles from YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking the Cryptic!

    2022StrategyIndieCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sudoku — Steam game cover

    Sudoku

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CrossCells.

    Play the classic Sudoku game for everyone. Fill in the empty cells with numbers from 1 to 9.

    2025IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cypher — Steam game cover

    Cypher

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CrossCells.

    Cypher is a first person puzzle game about cryptography.

    2018Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Epigraph — Steam game cover

    Epigraph

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with CrossCells.

    Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.

    2024Indie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sentinel — Steam game cover

    Sentinel

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CrossCells.

    Sentinel is an interactive audio tower defense game. It mixes strategic gameplay with a dynamic music system.

    2014StrategyIndieFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sound Shift — Steam game cover

    Sound Shift

    Single-player alternative to CrossCells — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with CrossCells.

    Sound Shift is a VJ style music visualiser mixed with a simple arcade shooter.

    2015ActionIndieCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →