Single-player games like Mahjong Challenge
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Mahjong Challenge, 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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Mahjong World Contest (麻将)
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Mahjong Challenge.
Join a Mahjong contest. Complete over 100 unique levels to gain experience and points. Improve your rank and progress.
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Don Duality
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Don Duality is a Chaos Manager game with card mechanics. Send your gangsters to the heist and launder money in your restaurant. Hire staff and upgrade your establishment, but remember that life like a roulette wheel and not everything can be fully controlled in Don's journey.
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Poker Night at the Inventory (2010 Original Version)
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Casual with Mahjong Challenge.
Prepare for a different kind of poker night in a very different kind of club and play against familiar faces!
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Mini Metro
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
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Pixel Puzzles Illustrations & Anime Jigsaw Puzzles
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Pixel Puzzles, your number one place for digital jigsaws.
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Wordle
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Wordle is a fun word puzzle game where you guess a hidden word within a few tries. Each guess gives clues about letter placement. Enjoy daily challenges, sharpen your skills, and track your progress in this simple and engaging game.
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
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Malware
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Malware lurks where you least expect it. Unscrupulous software vendors have hidden traps inside legitimate installers — can you spot them all and keep your computer clean?
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Shadow Ninja: Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Fast 2D ninja action where every mistake costs everything. Run, dodge, attack and survive as long as you can.
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Red Fox and the Four Seasons
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mahjong Challenge.
Embark on an enchanting adventure as Fox, exploring vibrant worlds of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Jump, double jump, and overcome challenging obstacles in this captivating 2D platformer with stunning graphics. Skillfully navigate with just two buttons and uncover the secrets that lie within.
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Solitaire - Cat Pirate Portrait
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Mahjong Challenge.
Solitaire - Cat Pirate Portrait - Experience the crisp, clear, and easy to read cards, simple and quick animations, and nice sounds, you can play with portrait views. You can move cards with a single tap or drag them to their destination.
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Puzzle: Underwater World
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Mahjong Challenge.
Puzzle: Underwater World is a classical puzzle game invented in 1878, it’s still popular today. The sliding puzzle that consists of a frame of numbered square tiles in random order with one tile missing. The object of the puzzle is to place the tiles in order by making sliding moves that use the empty space.
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Rainbow Duck
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Turn the Duck upside down and defying the laws of gravity. Rainbow Duck is an addictive game that requires focus, concentration and precise timing. The intuitive one-tap controls allow you to discover the ideal path through all the challenging mazes.
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Jewels of the Mysterious Woodland
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
Jewels of the Mysterious Woodland - The new match 3 game is here, with brilliant jewels in over 600 dazzling puzzles! A magical journey filled with waves of excitement and brilliant visuals! Swap jewels to clear the way, and match pieces to crush each challenge that lies ahead.
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Klondike Solitaire Kings
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Mahjong Challenge.
Famous Card game also known as Klondike. We kept the game true to the spirit of the classic Solitaire (also known as Klondike or Patience) Klondike Solitaire Kings features a beautiful custom designed card set in high resolution with 300+ levels, playing Patience on your desktop never looked this good!
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The Flying Turtle Jewel Quest
Single-player alternative to Mahjong Challenge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mahjong Challenge.
The Flying Turtle Jewel Quest - The new match 3 game is here, with brilliant jewels in over 600 dazzling puzzles! A magical journey filled with waves of excitement and brilliant visuals! Swap jewels to clear the way, and match pieces to crush each challenge that lies ahead.