Single-player games like Hook Only
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hook Only, 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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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
- 2
N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
- 3
GravNewton
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.
- 4
GRIME
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
- 5
Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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1001 Spikes
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...
- 7
Downwell
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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The Wall Mustn't Fall
Single-player alternative to Hook Only — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hook Only.
You will select a hero with unique abilities. As you defend your castle, you will earn money and loot. This will allow you to upgrade your castle and recruit AI controlled allies to synergize with and equip them with weapons and relics. You may also choose to allow the AI to control your hero.