Single-player games like Captain MAYO
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Captain MAYO, 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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Verses of Hope
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
Verses of Hope is an interactive poetry adventure where you shape the world through the power of your words. Build your own poems to change the landscape and narrative.
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Janosik 2: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
Pick up the mantle of the plucky maiden getting ready for her date night that is unceremoniously interrupted by the dastardly duo of Countess Bathory and Baron de Blonde in this prologue to the colourful Janosik 2 retro action-platformer…
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Crop Crusaders
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
Play as a sentient Vegetable who can transform into 6 different veggies with unique abilities. Escape the tormenting lab where you were created and are now being held captive.
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Oily Tower
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
A tower no one asked for. Climb it anyway.
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I wanna be the Creator
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
这是一款可以自制关卡的IWBTG同人游戏,在里面你可以体验到各种千奇百怪的关卡,同样也可以创作出属于你自己的关卡。
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Meganoid:Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
Can you survive the 100 brutal platforming levels full of traps, bats, snakes, spikes and fire in this classic retro inspired platformer? And then play all 100 levels in reverse!
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Mission in Snowdriftland
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
Help Chubby, the fearless little snowman, with saving important artifacts from video game history! Mission in Snowdriftland is a pixel-art homage to classic 2D platformers like Super Mario.
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Lovish
Single-player alternative to Captain MAYO — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Captain MAYO.
Lovish is an outrageous 8-bit action-adventure game! Quest with Sir Solomon through a series of bite-sized rooms, as he attempts to free Princess Tsuna, the woman he loves, from the Devil Lord's clutches!