Single-player games like Gilligan's Gold
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Gilligan's Gold, 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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Wanted! Monty Mole
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
In this classic platformer from 1984, take on the role of Monty Mole and grab as much coal as you can from the South Yorkshire coal pit, for a long, cold winter and a bone chilling Christmas lies ahead. Avoid flying pickets, carnivorous fish, deadly hairsprays, and a host of other surreal hazards.
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Ninja Senki DX
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Kinuhime was killed by a ninja demon. Now, Hayate has become obsessed with revenge! But can revenge bring her back?
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Tiny Thor
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
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Dadish 2
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
He’s a dad and a radish, and he’s back in his biggest adventure yet! Help reunite Dadish with his missing kids in this charming and challenging platforming adventure.
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Guns of Fury
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Guns of Fury is a retro-inspired action platformer that combines the run & gun and Metroidvania genres. Explore a vast interconnected world, gain new abilities and weapons, battle epic bosses and stop the plans of an evil corporation before it’s too late!
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Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!
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8BitBoy™
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Huge classic platformer with several power-ups and 8-12 hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration · 56 big Levels · 5 huge worlds
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Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
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The Great Escape
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Captured, but not defeated, you are being held in the notorious Heldentod camp. This small, converted castle in the middle of nowhere will be your home for the rest of the war—unless you can escape to rejoin the Allied Armies.
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Where Time Stood Still
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Your plane has ditched on a mountain plateau somewhere in deepest Tibet. You and your companions are alive but recovery from the impact is short lived; a large shape is moving towards you. As it gets closer you rub your eyes in disbelief: a Dinosaur! Where are you?... and when?
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Last Rites
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
"We are food, but not for long." The Zombie apocalypse has come, and your squad is the last line of defense. Command a Special Forces unit with high-tech weaponry in this mission-based FPS with sprawling indoor and outdoor environments.
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Central Intelligence
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Central Intelligence is the ultimate test of your strategic skills. In this CIA-style mission you can operate in three areas, Propaganda, Military, and Political, to achieve your objectives.
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ELF
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
The brave elf Cornelius must set out on a quest to save his true love from the clutches of Necrilous the Not Very Nice. Many villainous creatures, devious puzzles, traps, and tricky platforming challenges stand between Cornelius and his beloved, but they will be no match for him and his magic ring!
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Sleepwalker
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Lee sleepwalks on city rooftops, through the local zoo, down into a cavernous crypt, and across an active construction site! It’s up to Lee’s loyal dog Ralph to watch over him, neutralize hazards, and safely guide him home to his bed without waking him up in this hilarious puzzle platformer.
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Pushover
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
G.I.Ant is extremely clever, and highly trained in tactical maneuvers. What's more, he is extraordinarily strong, and super smart. His latest mission is to gain access to the crazy world of Captain Rat's Treasure Caves. Straight forward, huh?...... NOT!
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Motor Mash
Single-player alternative to Gilligan's Gold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gilligan's Gold.
Get Into the Mash! And Get into the 3D Cartoon Madness, 12 different cars and drivers in a fast, varied, style and weapons, lots of weapons!