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Single-player games like Zulin Time

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Zulin Time, 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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    Blasten!! — Steam game cover

    Blasten!!

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Zulin Time.

    Blasten!! is a retro side-scrolling shooter of robot-busting action! Can you master all the robot power-ups and keep forever peace?

    2026ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    dweeMIXED: Thwee Pack — Steam game cover

    dweeMIXED: Thwee Pack

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zulin Time.

    Have we reached the Golden Era? magicdweedoo presents a three-part tome that serves as a beacon for indie gaming, for centuries to come.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure20.00 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    good — Steam game cover

    good

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zulin Time.

    Experience a day in the life of an American teenager: Do you think you have free will? Play sports. Listen to philosophical discussions about food, parties, relationships and the future. Avoid learning anything.

    2025SportsIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beyond a Total Loss — Steam game cover

    Beyond a Total Loss

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zulin Time.

    Beyond a Total Loss is a darkly humorous 2D action-adventure (with a dash of survival horror) about a balding moustachioed dim-witted drunk called John Harry, who comes to the conclusion that signing an unreadable contract in exchange for a gun maybe isn't the best of ideas.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kindergarten 2 — Steam game cover

    Kindergarten 2

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zulin Time.

    Welcome to Kindergarten 2, which takes place on Tuesday! After the events of Monday, you'll find yourself in a new school with new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.

    2019IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RATUZ — Steam game cover

    RATUZ

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zulin Time.

    After a science experiment gets out of control, you need to survive and escape this dark prison that hides weird secrets. The game is a cinematic platform of terror and stealth, inspired by INSIDE, Another World, Blackthorne and Prince of Persia.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe — Steam game cover

    Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Zulin Time.

    Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!

    2020ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures — Steam game cover

    Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Zulin Time.

    "The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SORE — Steam game cover

    SORE

    Single-player alternative to Zulin Time — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Free To Play with Zulin Time.

    Mystical puzzle quest game in a gloomy minimalism style will tell you a story of a person who's got himself into a camera, and from which there is no way out it seems. Experimental gameplay diluted with a pinch of a philosophy, that's what SORE is.

    2017IndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →