Single-player games like MainFrames
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to MainFrames, 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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Unless
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Challenge yourself and master 4 Distinct worlds with 66 finely tuned level screens and climb to the top of the Steam Leaderboards in this retro pixel art speedrunning platformer!
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Super Arter
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Solve the most challenging puzzles, jump, throw objects, use switches, dodge traps, defeat enemies, collect gifts, and discover the best way for Arter to take the key to the door in this puzzle/platform game.
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![[Speer DX] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1945800/header.jpg?t=1654344651)
[Speer DX]
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with MainFrames.
Throw your speer, use it as a platform, and puzzle-platform your way through 125 stages in this director's cut version of the classic [Speer]!
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Hatup
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
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Dadish 2
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
He’s a dad and a radish, and he’s back in his biggest adventure yet! Help reunite Dadish with his missing kids in this charming and challenging platforming adventure.
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Missing Features: 2D
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Missing Features: 2D is a platformer game that, as the name implies, the features are missing! Look how crazy!
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Jumper Jape
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with MainFrames.
Jumper Jape is a skill-based hardcore platforming game. Channel your inner masochist and prepare to die in this masocore platformer with puzzle elements and a suggestive story.
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Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D.
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Rescue cats! Collect hearts! Defy the laws of physics! Q.P.I.D. is part platformer, part physics puzzler, part race against the clock. Did we mention the cats?
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to MainFrames — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with MainFrames.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.