Single-player games like Ruffy and the Riverside
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Ruffy and the Riverside, 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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MOJITO Woody's Rescue
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruffy and the Riverside.
A parkour platformer game about a cube-shaped cat named Mojito that team up with Lana, a little yarn ball to rescue his best dog friend from an evil cucumber in a cute 3d adventure with sandbox levels, platforming challenges and exploration zones.
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HIIT
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Trapped on a mysterious planet, HIIT finds himself in a hostile world filled with challenges to overcome. Explore this Metroidvania adventure focused on platforming and puzzles to uncover what happened in Zaruma before your arrival.
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Bobo and the Chest of Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Jump, glide, and outsmart traps in this spooky 3D platformer! Smash obstacles, solve puzzles, and fend off evil spirits to defeat The Dream Master. Collect hidden treasures and restore joy to a world shrouded in darkness!
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Big Hops
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.
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Yooka-Replaylee
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Embark on an epic 3D platforming collectathon adventure with Yooka and Laylee! Yooka-Replaylee is packed with new moves, more story, exciting challenges, hidden secrets, and more than double the collectibles to uncover. Can you help them rescue the world’s biggest treasure?
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Prepare to be scared! A clash between the Flying Dutchman and King Neptune has unleashed ghostly mayhem all over Bikini Bottom. Switch seamlessly between SpongeBob and Patrick, combine their unique skills and save Bikini Bottom from total ghostification!
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Effie
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Effie is a 3D action-adventure game that combines classic elements from the genre, such as combat, platforming, and puzzles, with the exploration of an expanded world. Live a unique fantasy adventure and relive the look and feel of old-school video-games!
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Mail Mole + 'Xpress Deliveries
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Mail Mole is a charming 3D platformer featuring Molty, the fastest delivery mole, in his quest to save Carrotland from disaster! Explore magical worlds, make new friends, race against Mecha-Moles, find collectibles, solve puzzles and deliver awesomeness to the end of the world!
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Mars Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mars Odyssey is a single player VR simulator experience. Land on Earth’s sister planet. Walk the surface of Mars in your living room and interact with full-scale, realistic NASA Landers and Rovers. Learn about the Red Planet, its history, and its geography in this interactive experience. Play time: 20 min.
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Yooka-Laylee
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
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Tear and the Library of Labyrinths
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ruffy and the Riverside.
The twin sisters Tear and Lumiere enjoy a happy life running their clinic. But when a demon abducts her sister, Tear must summon her courage to venture through worlds within magical tomes to bring her sister home safe.
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Tomba! Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ruffy and the Riverside.
In Tomba! Special Edition, leap, bite, and throw your way across stunning 2.5D landscapes in this vastly-enhanced update to a platforming classic!
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Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Ruffy and the Riverside — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ruffy and the Riverside.
Tomba is back for more in Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition, a celebration of the often overlooked sequel to the legendary platformer, Tomba!