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Single-player games like Explosive Jake

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Explosive Jake, 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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    Dungeons & Bombs — Steam game cover

    Dungeons & Bombs

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

    Dungeons & Bombs - challenging puzzle game where you need to save your king (or princess?...i am not quite sure) and not to blast yourself up

    2020Indie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slap The Rocks — Steam game cover

    Slap The Rocks

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

    Slap The Rocks is a new Top-Down puzzle which will push your brain to the limit. Slap rocks, avoid bushes and flee from stumps! Can you smash your way to the final level?

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Little Monki — Steam game cover

    Little Monki

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

    Little Monki is a cute and relaxing sokoban-like game, help the little cute monkey to collect all the bananas to satisfy his hungry.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Move Out Manor — Steam game cover

    Move Out Manor

    Single-player alternative to Explosive Jake — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Gig work is rough...but gig work in the netherworld is a nightmare! "Move Out Manor" is an intense block-pushing game set in a cursed mansion. Rid the manor of the owner's occult items and close the portal to the underworld.

    2024ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SokoPenguin — Steam game cover

    SokoPenguin

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

    SokoPenguin is a Sokoban-style puzzle game, where you control a penguin who must push boxes to clear the path to its cozy igloo.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure1.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Move That Box — Steam game cover

    Move That Box

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

    Move that Box is a retro arcade action-puzzle game based on logical thinking that also requires reflexes. The game draws handfuls of Sokoban. The player's task is simple - get from point A to point B by moving boxes and solving puzzles. Move, push, throw, and even blow up items to reach the goal.

    2026IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Treasure 'n Trio — Steam game cover

    Treasure 'n Trio

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

    Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!

    2025Indie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Why Chicken? Why? — Steam game cover

    Why Chicken? Why?

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

    Which came first? The chicken or the egg? More importantly, why did the chicken cross the road? For the 25 golden eggs of course!!!

    2019ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Voxel Tanks — Steam game cover

    Voxel Tanks

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

    Voxel Tanks - hardcore and dynamic top-down arena shooter with voxel graphics and chiptune music.

    2018ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Awesome Pea — Steam game cover

    Awesome Pea

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

    Help the greedy Pea to make his way through a string of levels filled with deadly traps and cute but dangerous enemies and collect all the coins to which he can only reach!

    2018IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bucket Knight — Steam game cover

    Bucket Knight

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

    Bucket Knight: A pixelated platformer adventure! Help the valiant knight find the Holy Grail, make money to pay his loan, and survive deadly dungeons. Shoot enemies, avoid traps, and collect treasures. Classic run-and-gun action awaits!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Witchcrafty — Steam game cover

    Witchcrafty

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

    Witchcrafty is a metroidvania platformer with magical action gameplay, exploration of a weird world, and adorable pixel art graphics. Help the little witch solve the mystery of strange events in the Kingdom, and defeat enemies with fire, lightning, and ice magic.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Awesome Pea 2 — Steam game cover

    Awesome Pea 2

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

    Greedy Pea is back in game! Dark dungeons, deadly traps, everything is green, a lot of gold everywhere!

    2020Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hero Survival — Steam game cover

    Hero Survival

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

    Hero Survival is an action-roguelite where you have to shoot down hordes of monsters from classic horror movies one by one to please the Mad Time God. Choose from a variety of skills, weapons, and items to create a unique build for every bizarre character.

    2023ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Awesome Pea 3 — Steam game cover

    Awesome Pea 3

    Single-player alternative to Explosive Jake — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Awesome Pea is a fast precision platformer where you must run&jump through a series of challenging stages

    2023Casual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →