Single-player games like Cognizer
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cognizer, 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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One Finger Death Punch
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cognizer.
Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
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One Finger Death Punch 2
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cognizer.
The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!
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HoPiKo
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cognizer.
HoPiKo is an intense speed run platformer where you get to save gaming. Jump from platform to platform avoiding death, exploiting shortcuts and ripping through 100s of hand-crafted levels, each one dropped into a 5-stage mini run designed to break your mind!
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Animal Rivals
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cognizer.
Do you want to become a real party animal?? Then you must try Animal Rivals - a crazy local-multiplayer game. Find yourself in one of many stages and game modes, pick your favourite animal and fight! Get into Animal Rivals now - a classic party game for up to 4 players is waiting.
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Super Inefficient Golf
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Cognizer.
Super Inefficient Golf builds on top of the most inefficient game ever conceived by making it even LESS efficient. Drop your silly golf stick and start using exploding mines to guide your ball! Place them, choose the right timing, and BOOM - Birdie!
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SpaceChem
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cognizer.
Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!
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Waveform
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cognizer.
Navigate the beauty and hazards of the solar system while riding a wave of light through 100+ levels in this innovative action-puzzle game!
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EDGE
Single-player alternative to Cognizer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cognizer.
EDGE, the award winning retro-styled platform game has been extended! Now with over 40 brand new levels, additional music and all-new races against the notorious Dark Cube!