Single-player games like You are Peter Shorts
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to You are Peter Shorts, 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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Sylvio And The Mountain Giants
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with You are Peter Shorts.
An unknow evil has come to disturb the fragile balance of the land of Yahouna. Only a clever and pure being can save them all...
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Breaking Box
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Breaking Box is a 3D multiplayer game with a level editor in-game. You can create your own levels, challenge levels, and enjoy the competition with friends!
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NBB.EXE
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
NBB.EXE is a challenging fast paced puzzle platformer. Bomb your way to victory through devious gauntlets to reveal the secrets of the mysterious NEON Corp. in a modern reimagining of Bomberman with a metroidvania twist.
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Okinawa Rush
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Take on the role of the martial arts master Hiro, Meilin, or Shin as they face off in a desperate fight for their lives against the Black Mantis clan. DOUBLE THE MAYHEM: Bring a friend and battle against ninjas, demons, and more in the 2-player local co-op mode of this action-adventure platformer.
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Leif's Adventure: Netherworld Hero
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Join Leif and his loyal sidekick Ghost as they combine their strengths to overcome the sinister forces of the Netherworld. In this story-driven, co-op action-adventure inspired by Nordic folklore, friendship proves to be the greatest power of all.
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Abyss Odyssey
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
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River City: Rival Showdown
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with You are Peter Shorts.
River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!
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Armed with Wings: Rearmed
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
You are the sword; cut down your foes with steel and thunder. You are the wings; explore the skies and uncover unreachable mysteries. Embark on a journey through a vicious world ruled by darkness and imperial tyranny - the lands of Blackmist.
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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HAUNTED: Halloween '85 (Original NES Game)
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
A brand new NES homebrew game independently developed by Retrotainment Games and released on an NES cartridge. This game adheres to all NES hardware restrictions... all graphics, color palettes, data processing and audio fully comply regardless of how maddening it was to achieve :) HH85 is a classic, 8-bit beat' em up / platformer that...
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with You are Peter Shorts.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Tres-Bashers
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Tres-Bashers is a 2D monster-bashing adventure featuring a big interconnected map full of cryptids, secrets, and more! Find 40 different monster types and whack 'em with your baseball bat!
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Space Cat
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Space Cat is a 2D arcade-style platformer where the player(s) must collect as much loot as possible while surviving the asteroid terrain, which is constantly being destroyed and regenerated by hazards. There is also a side-scrolling Adventure Mode, and a VS Battle Mode.
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Pyro Fighters
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Pyro Fighters is a scrolling space shooter with platforming physics. Use your flame gun to propel yourself in the air and fight through an alien army with up to four players.
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Binky's Trash Service
Single-player alternative to You are Peter Shorts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You are Peter Shorts.
Storm evil lairs... and take out the trash! Play as BINKY in a perilous, precision platformer where you run a garbage collection service for EVIL LAIRS! Optimize your speedrun strats and empty all the trash in 15 unique and colorful mini-Metroidvania maps!