Single-player games like Penguin Noir
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Penguin Noir, 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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Fractaloid Attacks!
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
Aim better. Destroy smarter. Explore and use Technologies. Pinball × breakout × platformer = ricochets, combos, fun! Fractaloids have taken over the system — crystalline trees grown from living code. Knowledge comes through destruction.
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Caromble!
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
Caromble! is the ultimate brick breaker. A 3D physics-based adventure that blends brick breaking with pinball, platforming and trick-shot puzzles. Guide the ball through a dynamic world, battle challenging bosses, and unlock game-changing powerups. Save the ball. Save the world.
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Mine Safety
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
A fast-paced, high-score-focused game where you operate a mining platform with a progressive scoring system based on time.
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Cosmic Waves
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
Blast-off for a brick-breaker adventure that’s out of this world! Control a super-powered paddle and emit cosmic force waves to smash blocks, shatter forcefields and destroy machines as you embark on a heroic mission to save the universe!
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Shotgun Cop Man
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
GO TO HELL, ARREST SATAN. Propel yourself to justice and glory on a journey through hell in this punchy, crunchy, son-of-a-gun precision platformer from the creator of My Friend Pedro.
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Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
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Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
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ANTONBLAST
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
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Avarice
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
Wade through an ever-increasing horde of demons, using three unique weapon types and anything else you can get your hands on. Rid the world of these hell spawn and become the ruler of these lands by vanquishing the Demon King, how selfless of you...
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Byte Hack
Single-player alternative to Penguin Noir — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Penguin Noir.
Byte Hack is a fast-paced puzzle platformer about hacking your way through an infected computer tower. Change gravity, teleport, control your enemies, and more to navigate each level. Be quick on your feet and sharp in your mind to solve the puzzles before the contaminated GPU destroys the computer!