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Single-player games like Plateman

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Plateman, 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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    F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch — Steam game cover

    F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.

    2021ActionSportsIndie15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Constance — Steam game cover

    Constance

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Teslagrad — Steam game cover

    Teslagrad

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Plateman.

    A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.

    2013Indie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TUNIC — Steam game cover

    TUNIC

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Plateman.

    Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SteamWorld Dig 2 — Steam game cover

    SteamWorld Dig 2

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SteamWorld Dig — Steam game cover

    SteamWorld Dig

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRIME — Steam game cover

    GRIME

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ANIMAL WELL — Steam game cover

    ANIMAL WELL

    Single-player alternative to Plateman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Plateman.

    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →