Single-player games like Early Worm
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Early Worm, 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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Grapple Dog
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Early Worm.
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
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TurnOn
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Early Worm.
"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.
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Ynglet
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Early Worm.
In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.
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Effie
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Early Worm.
Effie is a 3D action-adventure game that combines classic elements from the genre, such as combat, platforming, and puzzles, with the exploration of an expanded world. Live a unique fantasy adventure and relive the look and feel of old-school video-games!
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Early Worm.
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
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Semblance
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Early Worm.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Early Worm.
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
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Blocks That Matter
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Early Worm.
When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.
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Power Hover
Single-player alternative to Early Worm — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Early Worm.
Take control of the hoverboarding robots, explore the desolate world, defy gravity, dive into the oceans and ride with the sandworms on the dunes! Stylish graphics and groovy soundtrack will take you to an epic adventure in this action/racing game.