Single-player games like I hate this game
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to I hate this game, 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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Pony Island
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.
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Linkito
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
Unleash your brainpower in Linkito and ignite the insurgency! Link, build, solve, defuse, and decode by using your logic. Craft your own challenges in the level editor or tackle community creations.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
An old shack deep in a dense forest, a strange computer and a game that's trying to kill you!
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Rogue Bit
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
A single bit of computer memory became sentient and decided to escape from digital into the real world. Explore RAM, modify bytes and hack machine code and CPU registers to set it free.
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Mushroom 11
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold?
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Gunpoint
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
Gunpoint is a stealth puzzle game that lets you rewire its levels to trick people. You play a freelance spy who takes jobs from his clients to break into high security buildings and steal sensitive data.
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Blocks That Matter
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Scrap Games
Single-player alternative to I hate this game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with I hate this game.
Scrap Games is a 3D side-scrolling beat'em up game with a simple gameplay system that offers many possibilities. Choose your robot character, upgrade it and go through the next stages by defeating your enemies. Prepare yourself and let the fight begin!!! Beat them up!!!