Single-player games like Islets
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Islets, 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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SHEEPO
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
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Wuppo: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
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The Pathless
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
From the creators of ABZÛ, The Pathless is the mythic adventure of an archer and an eagle in a vast forest. Become the Hunter, a master of archery who travels to a mystical island to dispel a curse of darkness that grips the world.
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Crypt Custodian
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Islets.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Haiku, the Robot
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Delve into the depths of a mechanical world in this cute, adventure-exploration game. Explore and fight in a land full of corrupt robots and machinery. All while seeking answers to the mysteries around you.
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Yoku's Island Express
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Islets.
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to Islets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Islets.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.