Single-player games like Risk of Pain
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Risk of Pain, 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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Proxyma
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risk of Pain.
Proxyma is a hardcore retro-style 2D platformer that challenges you to finish 13 increasingly hard levels in a single run.
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Kip
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Risk of Pain.
Kip is a brutally difficult precision platformer. Over a thousand levels designed to test your limits, and break you.
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Deadly Parkour
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey in a modern-classic 2D precision-platformer that pushes the boundaries of your agility and reflexes. Choose between two unique playable characters, each with their own set of skills, as you navigate through intricately designed levels filled with challenges.
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Donald Jump
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
A brutally difficult one-button precision platformer. Leap, dodge, and survive through 50 deadly levels with only 10 lives. Simple controls, punishing design—can you conquer the chaos, or will you rage-quit like the rest?
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Chibi Ninja Shino-kun: Treasure of Demon Tower
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Jump, slide and wall-kick your way through Demon Tower in this 90s-style ninja platformer!
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Below The Ocean
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Dive into the world 'Below the Ocean'! Master thrilling moves like tether-swinging, bubble-jumping, bungee-bouncing, and sling-shot in a mesmerizing underwater adventure. Solve intriguing puzzles and seek hidden treasures. Are you ready to embark on this unforgettable journey?
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Super Sunny World
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Super Sunny World is the ultimate love letter to the platformer greats of the 8-bit era. Jump, bump, and kick your way through 8 worlds of pixel-perfect platforming, cute characters, and exciting power-ups. Built for the NES, and for the first time playable on Steam!
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-SPROUT-
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
-SPROUT- is a mini precision-platformer built for speed-running. Run, jump and dash your way through 100 levels across five unique lands, and restore your world to its former glory.
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Deep Despair
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Deep Despair is a Minecraft-style survival sandbox. Travel, collect resources, craft items, dig, build, grow crops and survive. Freedom of action is limited only by your imagination!
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Blood Harvest 3
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Dynamic, hardcore and explosive action on the passage with a bunch of weapons, enemies and bosses.
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Blood Harvest 2
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
A HARDCORE platform game with lots of enemies, blood and explosions!
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Super Blasting Boy
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Super Blasting Boy is a logical platform platformer made in the best traditions of retro games of the late 80's and 90's.
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VVVVV
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
VVVVV is a colorful, dynamic platformer action with puzzle elements, made in retro style.
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Deep Despair 2
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Risk of Pain.
Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.
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Deadfall
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Deadfall is a dark, bloody, atmospheric, dynamic, brutal shooter in the spirit of action movies of the 80s and 90s.
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Deep Despair 3
Single-player alternative to Risk of Pain — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Risk of Pain.
Deep Despair 3 is an open-world survival action-adventure with RPG elements! Fight, survive, dig, build, explore vast worlds, engage in farming, breed animals, gather resources, and level up to the max!