Single-player games like Pretentious Game
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Pretentious Game, 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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Type:Rider
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pretentious Game.
In this platform game you embody ":" ready to travel through the History of typography, from it's origin to today! Overcome obstacles, escape your enemies and collect asterisks, but beware not to fall down! Will you come out of this journey unscathed?
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140
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pretentious Game.
140 is a challenging minimalistic platformer with abstract colorful graphics. Rhythmic awareness is required to overcome obstacles controlled by an energetic, yet melancholic electronic soundtrack.
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David.
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pretentious Game.
You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Be there AND be square.
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Puzzlement
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pretentious Game.
a game about walking/jumping between plane surfaces to collect all red squares
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Braid
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pretentious Game.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
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Linelight
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pretentious Game.
Linelight is an elegant puzzle game set in a world of lines.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pretentious Game.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pretentious Game.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Tower Fortress
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pretentious Game.
A mysterious tower has risen! It emits plumes of noxious green smoke from its summit making people sick. Strange creatures infest the tower but if nobody tries to ascend it we will all be doomed! Are you that hero?.....
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Kill The Plumber
Single-player alternative to Pretentious Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pretentious Game.
Kill the Plumber is a challenging anti-platformer game. Play as the enemies instead of the hero for a unique new experience!