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Single-player games like Platformer

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Platformer, 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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    Necesse — Steam game cover

    Necesse

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

    Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HAINYA WORLD — Steam game cover

    HAINYA WORLD

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

    You are an adventurer, you need to explore this continent, make good use of the resources of this continent to arm yourself, explore this world full of monsters and unknown things and survive!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rising World — Steam game cover

    Rising World

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

    Rising World is a voxel based open-world sandbox game, featuring a procedurally generated world, playable in single and multi-player.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure11.24 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Craftopia — Steam game cover

    Craftopia

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

    Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whisper of the Swallows — Steam game cover

    Whisper of the Swallows

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

    Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creativerse — Steam game cover

    Creativerse

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

    A sandbox adventure game as big as your imagination.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tinkerlands — Steam game cover

    Tinkerlands

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

    Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nightingale — Steam game cover

    Nightingale

    Single-player alternative to Platformer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Platformer.

    Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →