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Single-player games like This Side Up

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to This Side Up, 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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    Beam — Steam game cover

    Beam

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with This Side Up.

    BEAM is a challenging precision platformer with puzzle elements in which you need to manipulate various light beams and tightly maneuver MARBLE in order to save both your lives.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure18.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bridge — Steam game cover

    The Bridge

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with This Side Up.

    The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Road to Ballhalla — Steam game cover

    Road to Ballhalla

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with This Side Up.

    Roll and be trolled on your journey to the legendary place called Ballhalla. Follow the beat to overcome deadly hazards in sync with the music. Style your balls and marble at awful puns in the roll playing game of the year!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with This Side Up.

    Oddworld: Soulstorm is the explosive second game in a brand new Oddworld Quintology that tells the continuing story of Abe and his comrades as they discover further crimes against Mudokonkind and look for the spark that will ignite a revolution.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Munin — Steam game cover

    Munin

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with This Side Up.

    Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

    2014IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bionic Bay — Steam game cover

    Bionic Bay

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with This Side Up.

    A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Pedestrian — Steam game cover

    The Pedestrian

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with This Side Up.

    I can see the signs in my sleep now, always guiding me closer. Will this really work? Have we almost achieved the impossible?

    2020IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OlliOlli World — Steam game cover

    OlliOlli World

    Single-player alternative to This Side Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with This Side Up.

    OlliOlli World is a bold new skateboarding action-platformer that’s bursting with personality. Flip and flow through the vivid and vibrant world of Radlandia, meeting colorful characters as you grind, trick, and air your way to discover the mystical skate gods on your quest for Gnarvana.

    2022ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →