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Single-player games like JumpMan

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to JumpMan, 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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    Colorbound — Steam game cover

    Colorbound

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

    In Colorbound, color is more than just hue. As Anku, an Aymara boy with a unique gift, you’ll harness the power of color to shape the environment itself, uncovering hidden paths to navigate challenging and complex puzzles.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wandersong — Steam game cover

    Wandersong

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

    A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Light that Binds Us — Steam game cover

    The Light that Binds Us

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

    Dive into The Light That Binds Us, a puzzle-adventure game where light shapes reality. Play as Yuè, a tormented soul, accompanied by her faithful protector, Yún. Cast shadows into paths, reshape the world to solve puzzles, explore breathtaking environments, and uncover the past that binds you!

    IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Etherborn — Steam game cover

    Etherborn

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

    Delve into an environmental puzzle platformer built on exploring and understanding gravity-shifting structures. You are a voiceless being that has just been born into a world where a bodiless voice awaits your arrival. Go forth and seek your purpose.

    2019IndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arise: A Simple Story — Steam game cover

    Arise: A Simple Story

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

    Embark on an emotional journey of losing the love of one's life. Manipulate time, solve puzzles, reshape surroundings as you push forward into the bittersweet recollections of a past life. This is a story about happiness and hardship, joy and sorrow. A story that all of us will one day experience.

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evergate — Steam game cover

    Evergate

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

    Evergate is a haunting 2D puzzle-platformer set in a stunning hand-drawn vision of the Afterlife with an original score recorded by a live orchestra. Navigate 85 challenging stages and unleash the extraordinary powers of the genre-defining 'Soulflame' to help a lost soul reincarnate on earth!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TurnOn — Steam game cover

    TurnOn

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

    "TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Papo & Yo — Steam game cover

    Papo & Yo

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

    Quico’s best friend, Monster, is a huge beast with razor-sharp teeth, but that doesn’t scare Quico away from playing with him. That said, Monster does have a very dangerous problem: an addiction to poisonous frogs.

    2013IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →