Single-player games like Up Hike
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Up Hike, 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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ElecHead
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
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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Tiny Thor
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
Jump into this challenging retro platformer! Play as Thor, use his mighty hammer and unique items to explore the Northern Realms. Beware of mythical creatures blocking your path to become a god!
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Moonleap
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
Explore a world full of mysteries that transform with each jump! Moonleap is a game about a moon boy on his journey to recover shooting stars. Change day to night with your jump and catch all the stars in this challenging puzzle-platformer!
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GravNewton
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.
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!AnyWay!
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Up Hike.
Do you like parkour? Dashing retro times? AnyWay! Try yourself on an unsuccessful journey in the role of Joy, feel the burden of parkour! A small, but exciting adventure Joy will not make you relax, not for you, not for your friends!
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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The Fog
Single-player alternative to Up Hike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Up Hike.
Open your way across a dark open world and fight against what lives within the fog and beyond. The Fog is a survival horror game inspired on the 1980 novella "The Mist" by Stephen King.