Single-player games like Mantle
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Mantle, 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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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mantle.
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.
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Super Magbot
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mantle.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
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La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mantle.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
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Bionic Bay
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mantle.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
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Neva
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mantle.
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mantle.
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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Rusted Moss
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mantle.
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
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Heavenly Bodies
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mantle.
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
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Idle Earth
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Idle mining game. Smash rocks, unlock characters, smash bigger rocks. Buy upgrades and become an idle mining god. Rock on!
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Mage
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mantle.
Dungeon exploring Wizard action! Learn spells, defeat bosses and escape the evil in this 2D metroidvania.
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Idle Gem Quest
Single-player alternative to Mantle — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Retro inspired clicker game. Click to battle monsters or leave idle to auto battle. Collect coins, upgrade stats, level up, and slay bigger monsters. Earn coins and unlock bonuses to ramp up your income. Switch between 5 classes with unique gimmicks. Achievements galore for every character.