Single-player games like 99 Fails
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to 99 Fails, 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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✌ Johnny Rocket
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
A comic adventure introducing Johnny Rocket in an action platformer game stylized as a free-hand black and white cartoon.
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Beastie Land
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Beastie Land is a high-speed 2D platformer inspired by 90’s classics. Master precision platforming and explore vibrant levels to discover hidden treasures with your unique beast characters!
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Higher: The Last Dream
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Higher: The Last Dream is a 2D Metroidvania/Action Platformer with a psychological dark fantasy atmosphere. Embody Starlight, an amnesiac being with no memory of his identity. Journey through hostile worlds where you will navigate ever-changing levels.
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Aeterna Noctis
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
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Rain World
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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BZZZT
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
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Curse Crackers: For Whom the Belle Toils
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with 99 Fails.
Bounce, vault, and fight your way through a whimsical world with the help of your loyal companion. Eat snacks, collect artifacts, and travel the world to stop Bonnie and her boney band of troublemakers!
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Kaze and the Wild Masks
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
Go on a journey as Kaze in this 90’s classics inspired platformer. When the Crystal Islands get cursed, Kaze needs to save her friend Hogo while facing enraged living vegetables. Find the Wild Masks to unleash the powers of the legendary guardians and master land, sky and sea.
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Neebota: Zeebo's Awakening
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An open world party-based RPG set in an original fantasy world called Neebota, where Zeebo and his friends hunt for portals to our earth, and in doing so, uncover secret powers, ancient lore of their world and a vast conspiracy across space and time. With music by legendary David Wise.
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Fragmentosis
Single-player alternative to 99 Fails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 99 Fails.
A bizarre genre mash up roguelite deck builder. Balatro for the insane. Fragmentosis n. /ˌfræɡ.mɛnˈtoʊ.sɪs/ 1. A fictitious cognitive condition marked by compulsive interaction with chaotic fragments of thought, imagery, and digital noise, of the collective human and non-human spirit.