Single-player games like Dogworld
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Dogworld, 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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Grapple Dog
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dogworld.
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
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Moonlight Pulse
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dogworld.
Teamwork matters most in this seamless, fantastical metroidvania within a living, breathing world. Realize each character's true potential to take down an invading force of overwhelmingly powerful parasites.
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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dogworld.
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
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Planet Cube: Edge
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dogworld.
Planet Cube is being invaded! Prepare to run, gun, jump and dash your way through an underwater science complex, collecting fire-power to turn the tables on a mysterious aggressor. This is high-speed adventuring set in a hand-crafted pixel art world, filled with precision platforming and thrills.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dogworld.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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BLADECHIMERA
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dogworld.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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Laika: Aged Through Blood
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dogworld.
Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.
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The Devil Within: Satgat
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dogworld.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dogworld.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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OTXO
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dogworld.
Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.
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Manus Dei
Single-player alternative to Dogworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dogworld.
Wield the holy weapon Manus Dei and annihilate creatures from the Rift in this fast-paced shooter. Only your skill will grant you passage into the halls of eternity.