Single-player games like DDR: The Beginning
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to DDR: The Beginning, 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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Daydream: Forgotten Sorrow
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DDR: The Beginning.
Experience the altered memories of a dying man, reliving his entire life as a little boy while lying on his deathbed. Explore the profound depths of his subconscious as you assist Griffin to shed the remains of his miserable life before his impending demise.
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The Darkest Tales — Into the Nightmare
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DDR: The Beginning.
When a nightmare creeps into reality, the only ones that can help are those whose magical powers we’ve believed in since childhood. A brave teddy bear and his fairy sidekick head to the darker side of “happily ever after” to rescue his owner, Alicia.
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Little Nightmares
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DDR: The Beginning.
Take on the role of Six, a lone child lost in a massive metal vessel known as the Maw, surrounded by dangerous, distorted versions of adults. You’ll need to do your best to escape in one piece or your fate will be worse than you ever dared dream.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DDR: The Beginning.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Deer & Boy
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DDR: The Beginning.
In this poetic cinematic platformer, a runaway boy meets a fawn. As their bond grows, so do their abilities and the emotional weight of their journey, where silence speaks louder than words.
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Awakening
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DDR: The Beginning.
You wake up in a mysterious dungeon, full of dangerous traps and unlucky inhabitants. Brain cracking puzzles await you while a dark story will slowly unfold in this supernatural place!
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Stela
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DDR: The Beginning.
Stela is a cinematic, atmospheric platformer about a young woman witnessing the final days of a mysterious ancient world.
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YUMENIKKI -DREAM DIARY-
Single-player alternative to DDR: The Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DDR: The Beginning.
As long as I have dreams in my heart, I can never escape. I can never awaken from my dreams. Maybe if I follow the dream just past this doorway, then someday I can wake up again...