Single-player games like Mean-While
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mean-While, 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
- 1
Thrilling Triple Treat
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mean-While.
What do you get if you mix a platformer with a metroidvania and tower defense but then seperate that mix into three games that are then collected into a single game? Nonsense. You get nonsense. This game is nonsense. But dear, is it funny!
- 2
You are Peter Shorts
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mean-While.
You are PETER SHORTS! You have been captured and taken to a secret cloning facility. Can you escape with your newly-cloned brethren?
- 3
Alwa's Legacy
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mean-While.
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
- 4
On Rusty Trails
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mean-While.
Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!
- 5
Bookbound Brigade
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mean-While.
Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.
- 6
Braid, Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mean-While.
Control the flow of time to solve puzzles in this new version of the indie classic, featuring fully repainted artwork, a new world of puzzles, and seriously in-depth commentary.
- 7
La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mean-While.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
- 8
Hue
Single-player alternative to Mean-While — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mean-While.
Hue is a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour.