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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Jamboy, a Jelly-cious Hero
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
Jamboy and Billy are devoured by a giant and now they have to escape from its guts! Explore the giant's intestines as you defeat food monsters in this frantic, multi-genre game and go on a stomach-churning adventure!
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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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Stick Out!
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
Stick Out! is a precision platformer where you must use a spear to overcome obstacles by sticking yourself to walls and surfaces. Collect coins, buy skins, earn stars, and break time records! Can you complete every level?
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Perfectly Fair
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
A precision platformer where spikes, lava, Portals, and Switches turn every jump into a puzzle you can only blame yourself for missing. Build your own devious levels in the full in-game Level Builder, then publish them for the whole community to play.
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Myths are 100% True
Single-player alternative to Vainly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vainly.
Myths are 100% True is a Fast-Paced Combat-Platformer that feels like X-Files if it was made by 12 year olds in Movie Maker back in 2008.
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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.