Single-player games like Vainly
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Vainly, 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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Aevitas: Last Light
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vainly.
Aevitas: Last Light is a short atmospheric platforming journey about atrophy, loss, and acceptance. Help a young moth to follow the light, don't lose hope as your powers wane and find new ways to navigate this visually stunning, hand-crafted 2D-platformer.
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Blind Drive
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
An audio-based black comedy action arcade game - Blind Drive is a video game you can play with your eyes closed! 1st person hyper-realistic audio adventure meets fast paced arcade gameplay, driven by an insane B-movie plot.
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Demigod Islands: A Puzzle to Die For
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Vainly.
Vicious demigods demand sacrifices! To please them and uncover their secrets, take control of captive creatures, explore Demigod Islands and solve 50+ mindbending puzzle rooms by... killing yourselves. In this puzzle platformer, death is the goal and it can take many shapes and forms.
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1 Screen Platformer
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
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Tidal Therapy
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vainly.
Tidal Therapy is a travel novel game for tired adults. A tired office worker heads to the sea. The setting is a quiet and beautiful sea town with a seaside park, warehouse district, and tower condominiums.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Blade of the Netherworld
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
Blade of the Netherworld is a fast-paced 2D Roguelite platformer. Don divine masks as a Yin-Yang Enforcer, slashing through the underworld to defeat gods, demons, and spirits. Combine a variety of items, master combat skills, and create limitless, high-speed carnage with a free-form action system.
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GravNewton
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
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.