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Single-player games like A Dog Named Mato

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to A Dog Named Mato, 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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    Ynglet — Steam game cover

    Ynglet

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PHOGS! — Steam game cover

    PHOGS!

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with A Dog Named Mato.

    In PHOGS! you play as a duo of dogs on a captivating, puzzle-filled adventure. Linked by a stretchy belly, you’ll need to bark, bite and bounce your way through obstacles set across the themed worlds of Food, Sleep and Play, in co-op or single-player.

    2020IndieAdventureCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pets at Work — Steam game cover

    Pets at Work

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with A Dog Named Mato.

    Some pets got lost from their owners in an office and now need to work together, using boxes, mats, buttons, climb on shelves and tables or just make a mess trying to find them in this colorful local co-op game!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evergate — Steam game cover

    Evergate

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    Evergate is a haunting 2D puzzle-platformer set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife with an original score recorded by a live orchestra. Navigate 85 challenging stages and unleash the extraordinary powers of the genre-defining 'Soulflame' to help a lost soul reincarnate on earth!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mushroom 11 — Steam game cover

    Mushroom 11

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    An award-winning anti-platformer where destruction is the only way to move. Mold yourself into any form by destroying your cells, and traverse a devastated landscape filled with brain-twisting puzzles and bizarre mutations. Are you ready to break the mold?

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mekabolt — Steam game cover

    Mekabolt

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    Use your trusty Mekabolt device to manipulate robots, solve a variety of puzzling levels and obtain batteries to fix the robots!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bionic Bay — Steam game cover

    Bionic Bay

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Road to Ballhalla — Steam game cover

    Road to Ballhalla

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BlackEye — Steam game cover

    BlackEye

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    BlackEye is an adventure game, and its main character is the inhabitant of the world of Koyte. This mysterious world is divided into two - upper and lower ones. No one inhabitant of the upper world would voluntarily go down to the lower world. However the main character has to reach the bottom!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Get Achievements for Achievements — Steam game cover

    Get Achievements for Achievements

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    The main goal of this game is to get achievements.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cyberoque — Steam game cover

    Cyberoque

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    The game takes place in 2215. Suddenly terrible news has come from the outskirts of the solar system: our civilization was attacked by the alien armies. A terrible war begins, humanity is surrounded, enemy space ships press the earth's army.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Halloween Pumpkin Story — Steam game cover

    Halloween Pumpkin Story

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    Evil spirits on the Day of All Saints give the pumpkin power and send into the otherworldly dark world of nightmare and horror, and what will happen to the pumpkin you will be able to find yourself in the world of the game!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Jet Juck — Steam game cover

    Super Jet Juck

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    Super Jet Juck is a dynamic puzzle and adventure game. Join the soldiers Juck and Tom!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CRYEP — Steam game cover

    CRYEP

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    CRYEP is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer that combines the genre of "rogue" and the mechanics of Contra. Actions take place in a parallel universe, year 3318. Go on an expedition and fight with alien enemies.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SAMS — Steam game cover

    SAMS

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    Classic shooter with traveling to various exotic planets.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moi Mei — Steam game cover

    Moi Mei

    Single-player alternative to A Dog Named Mato — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Dog Named Mato.

    The fate of his brother in danger, May is going to be a dangerous journey.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →