Single-player games like BalloonBoyBob
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to BalloonBoyBob, 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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Thomas Scott
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
ThomasScott will allow players to explore the world through rotation, parkour and puzzle solving.
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Dondar
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
Dondar - a high-speed platformer with puzzles coins and elements and a match of 3 elements.
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Escape Doodland
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
Death and destruction came into Doodland. This happy and joyful land is going to change. You play as one of Doodlers, a peaceful inhabitant of happy doodle world, attacked by a merciless monster. There are only two options: run as fast as you can or die.
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Will You Snail?
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!
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Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BalloonBoyBob.
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is a brand-new 2.5D platformer from some of the key creative talent behind 'Donkey Kong Country'. As the colourful buddy duo you must tackle a series of stunning, 2.5D levels and explore a puzzling 3D Overworld rich with secrets and surprises!
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Semblance
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Aureole - Wings of Hope
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
At sonic speeds, Aureole - Wings of Hope takes platforming to the literal skies! Join Ramila and Ryleth on their crusade to reclaim their home from demonic forces in this unique physics-based side-scrolling game.
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Sweet Thomas
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with BalloonBoyBob.
Bright and mysterious platformer in the world of the game Sweet Thomas.
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Booobjz
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
You have to solve puzzles and switch gravity.
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ILY
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
Two Mushrooms, lots of puzzles!
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The Square Key
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
The Square Key is a spinning platformer with puzzles and coins.
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Porcini
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
Porcini - logic platformer with coin puzzles and match-three game elements
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Gravity_Kid
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
A rabbit on a rocket that can change gravity!
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LP
Single-player alternative to BalloonBoyBob — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with BalloonBoyBob.
A Panda in a cocoon travels through a spinning world!