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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 — Steam game cover

    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?

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rocco's Island: Ring to End the Pain — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Apocalipsis — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Papetura — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Koira — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mundaun — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Été — Steam game cover

    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!

    2024IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Everybody's Gone to the Rapture — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Choo-Choo Charles — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CUFFBUST — Steam game cover

    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!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Beautiful Paper Smile — Steam game cover

    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…

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    My Friend is a Raven — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020IndieAdventureRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night in Riverager — Steam game cover

    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?

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →