Single-player games like Cloud Climber
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Cloud Climber, 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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Rusts Of Corruption
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
You've mysteriously awoken on an isolated island on an unknown world. A corrupting force spreads through the island, leaving only a short amount of time to learn about the islands mysteries... Who will you meet? What will you learn? Are you ready to see the world die?
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Rocco's Island: Ring to End the Pain
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Join Evelyn on her quest to save a mysterious island in a puzzle-based atmospheric adventure with a story that spans across 30,000 years of time. Interact with fantastic characters to learn past secrets and transform the Four Elements’ kingdoms, leading up to an epic finale with shocking reveals.
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Apocalipsis
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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Koira
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Save a puppy and embark on a heartwarming, hand-drawn adventure together. Journey to the heart of an enchanted forest, solving puzzles and avoiding hunters to protect your newfound friend.
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Mundaun
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
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Été
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Été (summer) is a relaxing painting game set in Montréal. Color the city to explore, create artworks on canvas, collect stamps in your album, decorate your studio, fulfill commissions from your neighbors, and unleash your inner artist!
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.
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Choo-Choo Charles
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Navigate an open-world island in an old train, upgrade it over time, and use it to fight an evil spider train named Charles.
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CUFFBUST
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Escape prison with your friends by equipping tools, evading guards, and executing your breakout plan. Destructible environments, proximity chat, a multitude of escape routes, 10 player lobbies, and a full custom map editor!
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My Beautiful Paper Smile
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
Welcome, child, to your new home. Here you shall learn the art of perfection. Here you shall learn to smile. Be sure that smile doesn’t fade into sadness, or you will need to run and hide…
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My Friend is a Raven
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
You return to your old apartment one last time, in search of a sickened raven. You must speak to him, and discover the cause behind the calamity that has spread across the world.
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Night in Riverager
Single-player alternative to Cloud Climber — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cloud Climber.
A Night In Riverager is a free horror short set in the monochrome world of My Beautiful Paper Smile. It tells the tale of a strange hunter in an even stranger land, on a quest to find medicine for his ailing mother. Strange and powerful forces are stirring. Can he resist them?