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Single-player games like Pogona

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pogona, 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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    Rabi-Ribi — Steam game cover

    Rabi-Ribi

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

    Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...

    2016ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — Steam game cover

    Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

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

    Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skelattack — Steam game cover

    Skelattack

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

    Play Skelattack and save the Underworld in this fun action platformer! Together with your best bat friend Imber, you jump, slash, and flap your way though the Underworld and stop the human threat!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bookbound Brigade — Steam game cover

    Bookbound Brigade

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

    Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo — Steam game cover

    Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

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

    Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KUNAI — Steam game cover

    KUNAI

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

    KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rain World — Steam game cover

    Rain World

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

    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.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition — Steam game cover

    Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition

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

    In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →