Single-player games like Cypher
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Cypher, 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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CrossCells
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
CrossCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
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Epigraph
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Epigraph is a short, challenging, language decipherment puzzle game.
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Baba Is You
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
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The Witness
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
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SquareCells
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.
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Filament
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
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).
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Prose & Codes
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Explore the wonderful world of books through deceptively simple cryptograms. 10% of every purchase benefits Project Gutenberg, an online library of over 60,000 free ebooks.
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Manifold Garden
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
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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Hexcells
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
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Hexcells Infinite
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
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Hexcells Plus
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
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Sentinel
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Sentinel is an interactive audio tower defense game. It mixes strategic gameplay with a dynamic music system.
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Sound Shift
Single-player alternative to Cypher — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cypher.
Sound Shift is a VJ style music visualiser mixed with a simple arcade shooter.