Single-player games like Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Mutant Mudds Deluxe, 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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Abathor
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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JumpJet Rex
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Test your dinosaur jump-jet skills with a game that redefines the platformer genre, aptly renaming it "platflyer." Simply put, you're a t-rex with rocket boots trying to save earth from an incoming asteroid. Do you have what it takes to stop it?
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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Tiny Barbarian DX
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Steel yourself for a relentless display of might and muscle…brawn and bravery…magic and mayhem! Inspired by heroic fantasy fiction, Tiny Barbarian DX combines engaging 2D platform action and combo-based hack-and-slash combat with retro-style pixel art and a loincloth-stirring chiptune soundtrack.
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
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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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
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Shovel Knight Dig
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
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Xeodrifter
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Xeodrifter is the story of an interstellar drifter traveling the stars on a simple mission of exploration. We join our nomad as he embarks on the investigation of a small cluster of four planets in the omega sector, after a collision with a rogue asteroid damaged his warp core.
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Dementium: The Ward
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.
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Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
Here comes a challenge! Mutant Mudds Super Challenge!! Over 40 levels filled with malicious mutant mudds. This adventure is designed for super players; featuring a host of new platforming challenges and unique boss fights that will test your skills.
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Dementium II
Single-player alternative to Mutant Mudds Deluxe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mutant Mudds Deluxe.
The original Dementium II, restored by the team who made it. William Redmoor wakes with fresh staples in his skull inside an asylum for the criminally insane, where the walls peel back to reveal something worse. Fight, solve and survive the cult DS horror classic, now on PC.