Single-player games like Duck's Despair
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Duck's Despair, 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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BZZZT
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
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The End Is Nigh
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Duck's Despair.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Splasher
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
Splasher is a fun and challenging 2D Platformer filled with humor and surprises. Armed with a paint cannon, you’ll face the dangers of the Inkorp mega-factory in order to save your companions, the Splashers, and put an end to the Machiavellian projects of the evil boss, Le Docteur.
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Grapple Dog
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!
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Super Magbot
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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Idle Colony
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Duck's Despair.
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
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Breakthrough
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Duck's Despair.
Breakthrough is an hardcore roguelike-shooter with high risk/rewards mechanics. Help Clunky see the sunset behind the mountain by fighting tireless monsters. Both balanced and very difficult, Breakthrough will conquer the heart of thoses seeking a great challenge.