Single-player games like Duck's Despair
Below are 11 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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Slime-san: Superslime Edition
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!
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RITE
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.
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Dead Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
Challenging 2D platformer in the best traditions of classic games, with an excellent chiptune soundtrack. The game will check your nerves for strength and bring a lot of emotions.
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1 Screen Platformer
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
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Super Mombo Quest
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
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I wanna be the Creator
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Duck's Despair.
这是一款可以自制关卡的IWBTG同人游戏，在里面你可以体验到各种千奇百怪的关卡，同样也可以创作出属于你自己的关卡。
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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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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.
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Human: Profit
Single-player alternative to Duck's Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Duck's Despair.
An accurate depiction of our world, baked into a short, classic incremental game. Take over Grandpa's farm, rebuild the town, and do whatever it takes to succeed. Also rabbits.