Single-player games like Tackle Girl
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tackle Girl, 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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Viola: The Heroine's Melody
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.
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Spelunky 2
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
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Katana ZERO
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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The Messenger
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Gravity Circuit
Single-player alternative to Tackle Girl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tackle Girl.
Gravity Circuit is a flashy action packed 2D platformer in the spirit of console classics. Follow Kai, a lone operative war hero who harnesses the mysterious powers of the Gravity Circuit, on an adventure in a futuristic world inhabited by sentient robots.