Single-player games like Gutwhale
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Gutwhale, 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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TowerClimb
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutwhale.
TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.
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A Robot Named Fight!
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutwhale.
A Robot Named Fight is a Metroidvania roguelike focused on exploration and item collection. Explore a different, procedurally-generated labyrinth each time you play and discover randomized power-ups to traverse obstacles, find secrets and explode meat beasts.
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Nongünz
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutwhale.
Nongünz is a nihilistic action platformer roguelike. Nongünz is obscure in both gameplay and theme. Nongünz is a riddle that demands sacrifice.
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Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gutwhale.
Bad Rats is a physics puzzle game where rats finally get their bloody revenge on their new prisoners: The cats. Come up with creative solutions for each puzzle using physics, functional objects, and your specially trained Rats. Try different ways of solving each puzzle to finish faster or earn higher scores.
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Angvik
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutwhale.
Angvik is a platform action game set in a joyful but unforgiving land.
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Apple Slash
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutwhale.
Repel an invasion of mysterious charming creatures in a vast murky marshland. Strike your foes in a God-like slash-based manner and experience ambiguous encounters brimming with personality.
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Slasher's Keep
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutwhale.
Hack, slash, shoot and loot your way through procedurally generated dungeons! Smack your enemies into spikes with your inventory sack!
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STRAFE: Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutwhale.
STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.
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Mosa Lina
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gutwhale.
a hostile interpretation of the immersive sim, where nothing is planned, and everything works
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qomp
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are the Ball. Escape.
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Ord.
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gutwhale.
Ord. tells stories three words at a time.
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PRODUCER 2021
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
a ~2 hour long graphic adventure novella. Tasked with disrupting the end of the world, you explore, investigate and produce your way through a strangely familiar world.
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10mg: Always Down
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gutwhale.
10mg is a collection of 10 minute long games. Always Down is about going away.
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Geballer
Single-player alternative to Gutwhale — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In this mouse-only Bullet Hell, you create your own problems! Featuring unique and strange bullets, different gameplay modes, extreme secrets and even a level editor, Geballer wants to softly stimulate the reptilian part of your brain until you disappear completely.