Single-player games like McPixel
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to McPixel, 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
- 1
McPixel 3
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
McPixel 3 is a mind-blowing save-the-day adventure that sees the titular wanna-be hero avert one disaster after another at every turn using unconventional yet entertaining methods of mayhem.
- 2
DLC Quest
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with McPixel.
What happens when DLC practices go too far? An indie developer makes a game that mocks the industry and its foibles, that's what! Defeat the bad guy, save the world and get the girl! But first you'll need to find coins to buy DLC to enable animation, sound and even pausing.
- 3
The Darkside Detective
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
Grab your trench coat, tune your sixth sense and join the Darkside Division as they investigate the outright bizarre, the downright dangerous and the confusing cases of Twin Lakes. Flesh-hungry tentacles, mafian zombies, and the occasional missing sock are no match for The Darkside Detective.
- 4
The Office Quest
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
Every day in the office is the same, clicking the same keys, attending the same boring meetings, wearing the same fluffy monster onesies, until something strange and magical happens. Now you need to sneak away, no matter how!
- 5
Thimbleweed Park™
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion. The deeper you go, the weirder it gets.
- 6
The Book of Unwritten Tales
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with McPixel.
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
- 7
Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with McPixel.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
- 8
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!
- 9
Unpacking
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with McPixel.
Unpacking is a zen puzzle game about the familiar experience of pulling possessions out of boxes and fitting them into a new home. Part block-fitting puzzle, part home decoration, you are invited to create a satisfying living space while learning clues about the life you’re unpacking.
- 10
Goat Simulator
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with McPixel.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
- 11
Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with McPixel.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
- 12
Human Fall Flat
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
- 13
COCOON
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
From Jeppe Carlsen, the lead gameplay designer of LIMBO and INSIDE — COCOON takes you on an adventure across worlds within worlds. Master world-leaping mechanics and solve intricate puzzles to unravel a cosmic mystery.
- 14
The Stanley Parable
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with McPixel.
The Stanley Parable is a first person exploration game. You will play as Stanley, and you will not play as Stanley. You will follow a story, you will not follow a story. You will have a choice, you will have no choice. The game will end, the game will never end.
- 15
New Super Lucky's Tale
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with McPixel.
Jump, burrow, and tail swipe your way to victory in this love letter to classic 3D platformers!
- 16
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with McPixel.
You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!
- 17
Mosh Pit Simulator
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with McPixel.
Mosh Pit Simulator is an open-world physical sand-box game about a world that is overrun by brainless boneless humanoid creatures, and even tho they're are pretty harmless, it doesn't stop you from getting in their way just fur fun. Abuse VR physics, punch, destroy, build and create contraptions!
- 18
Super Pig X
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with McPixel.
Probably the hardest game you will ever play. A pitch black platformer where the only way to see the world is to die splattering blood everywhere around. Packed with mind-bendingly hard levels, mazes, and numerous traps that you will never see coming!
- 19
Lazy Kickers
Single-player alternative to McPixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with McPixel.
Lazy Kickers is an incremental soccer manager! Manage your team, grow balls from plants and shoot goals for coins! Start small and climb the leaderboards, unlocking new upgrades! Score millions and plunge the playing field into total chaos.