Single-player games like Garbageman
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Garbageman, 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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Cracker
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
Cracker is a classic fast-paced arcade game that will hook you up trying to get the top score.
- 2
Ladderway
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
Ladderway is a challenging 2D arcade game where you take the position of Joey, a man trying to climb up a building through several ladders while avoiding Mr. Mica's flowerpots as well as other obstacles.
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DROPSOL
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
DROPSOL is a retro-style arcade game where, equipped only with a parasol that reduces your speed, you have to dodge obstacles and take special items to increase your chances of getting a big score.
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Collecstar
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
Shoot for the stars! In this cute 2D platform arcade game, jump on clouds and collect as many stars as you can before you run out of lives.
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Jump Up, Jerry!
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
Jump Up, Jerry! is an arcade platformer where you have to jump your way through different types of cable cars and enemies in order to reach for your highest score.
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Alfredo's Sneaky Meal
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
Alfredo's Sneak Meal is a stealth platform arcade game where, armed only with a frying pan, you have to help Alfredo get his meal in a building full of zombies and bats.
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3D Don't Die Mr Robot
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Garbageman.
Fresh from the Neon Dunjun, Mr. Robot returns in the third dimension! A heart pounding bullet hell dodge 'em up from veteran arcade developers Infinite State Games
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Ranphon
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
Ranphon is a side-scrolling space shooter where you control a small ship called Phon in a vast and frantic space full of hostile spaceships.
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Fisherman Classic
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Garbageman.
Welcome to Fishy Archipelago! Go fishing, catalog your most rare fishes and sea creatures, buy and find skins, hats, boats and properties. Build your fishy empire. The retro world is yours!
- 10
Jurassic Fantasy
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Follow a young wizard in his path to find the Magical Stones and himself in this Jurassic Fantasy!
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METROPOCRE
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Garbageman.
METROPOCRE! A violent, bloody and animalistic adventure. Follow Felix, a mentally unstable rabbit, in his path to acquire his dreamed pair of wings.
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A Fishy RPG
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A Fishy RPG is a retro-style game about surviving, exploring and finding legendary fishes in a strange and procedurally generated universe. Find the truth about fish, the surface fishermen and also Satan in this unique role-playing game.
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Moshcave
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Garbageman.
Buff Murphy and obliterate hundreds of enemies as you crawl deep into the cave of Dr. Mosh! Moshcave is a retro-style action roguelite game with many different possible builds and strange enemies that gets progressively stronger.
- 14
Chico's Family-Friendly Circus
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to your new job, champ! Take the 2:00-4:00 A.M. shift at Chico's Family-Friendly Circus and hope for the best! A short horror Point & Clicker with multiple endings and dancing clowns.
- 15
SHOVELBOY
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
SHOVELBOY is a retro-style platformer where you have to collect shovels in 21 increasingly difficult small levels. How fast can you go?
- 16
Skiing Frenzy
Single-player alternative to Garbageman — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
It's skiing day! Skiing Frenzy is a 2D top-down, retro-style ski game where you can play Slalom and Free Ski modes, each one giving you different challenges and lots of fun.