Single-player games like AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen, 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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Thornwake: Forest Adventure
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
A hand-drawn 16-bit action platformer. Run, climb and vine-swing through 40 levels of autumn woods, sunken swamps and frozen peaks, mixing sword-and-shield melee with four elemental spells to cleanse a corrupted forest and rescue the Keeper it took.
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La Spaghetti
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
Jump and run through tricky levels in La Spaghetti, a cute 2D pixel platformer! Guide your noodle past dangerous meatballs and stomp on bouncy slimes. Your goal? Grab the tasty tomato to open the portal and reach the next stage.
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Save The Princess
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
Oh no, The princess has been kidnapped! Help our valiant Knight rescue the princess from the clutches of the demons in this enjoyable, but challenging, platformer game. Defeat your enemies using different weapons, and ultimately Save the Princess.
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Sarah's Great Adventure
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
In the world of dreams, be a hero who saves the world!
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Little Nemo The Clown
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
Little Nemo The Clown is a 2D Open World game inspired by good Metroidvania titles. Talk, Run, Fly, Explore. Find secret passages and characters and discover a Fantasy World full of Magic and Color. Little Nemo is a modern Maze Runner Adventure. Can you find the Clown before your Time runs out?
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Slime's Revenge
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
Slime's have always been the bottom of the gaming food chain. But that is about to change. Slime's revenge is a short but challenging 2D platformer where you can fling yourself and stick to near any surface to reach the end of each level and fight back against the 'heroes'.
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Catstronaut, Félicette's adventures
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
A 2D platform game set in space, based on gravity and mini-planets, in which you play as Félicette, who travels through space. You will have to navigate each level, using your skills to manage the gravity of the planets you encounter, jumping, using your jetpack, and other surprises...
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Color Lim
Single-player alternative to AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with AfroPenguin & The Forbidden Ramen.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Color Lim follows Lim, a colorless slime on a quest to find his true color. Change colors to navigate, transform into enemies to use their abilities, and solve puzzles to shape Lim's unique journey.