Single-player games like Pal Up!
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Pal Up!, 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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Painworld
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Painworld is a hardcore 3D platformer inspired by Boshy-style challenges. Explore a dangerous world of anomalies, survive brutal traps, master wall running and gravity shifts, and throw fireballs straight into boss faces on your way to victory.
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Menes: The Chainbreaker
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Glide using the Icarus wings, face deadly bosses and uncover why is the Creator being chained. You will fall a lot, but rise even more! Defeat Gods and Monsters, overcome hazards, mysterious lore and surreal aesthetics. Uncover the first pieces of Menes and Bastet’s story.
- 3
Cloudbuilt
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
- 4
Aurora Heights
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Aurora Heights is a precision platformer and climbing game sprinkled with metroidvania. Help Hoshi, a fallen star, ascend back to the heavens. Climb to reach the top. Unlock new abilities, collect keys, discover secrets, and explore mysterious landscapes where other stars have failed.
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SoulUp
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Precise parries, calculated jumps. A single mistake leads to a fall. Experience the tension of hardcore action in SoulUp.
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Jusant
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Enjoy meditative vibes in Jusant, an action-puzzle climbing game. Scale an immeasurably tall tower and ascend to new heights alongside your watery companion. Master your climbing tools, find your way up through diverse biomes, and piece together the tower’s past.
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Blue Fire
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.
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Dream Swing
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Grapple and air-strafe your way to the top of the Leaderboard in this fast-paced movement-based time trial. Collect as many candies as possible within 5 minutes as you dip and weave around the ruins in the sky. Can you handle the speed?
- 9
Arthas - The Game
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
A great game about a Great man!
- 10
The Dream is Coming...
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Basically, it will be a story of memories of a high school circle of 5 people and a very mysterious girl who changed Yoshiro's outlook on life. During the game, Yoshiro will find the students' things and tell interesting stories and learn about some of the problems the students are hiding.....
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Call of Senpai: Waifu Warfare
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Take control of the beautiful Miki, and explore the area from the ocean coast, to the deep jungle. Advance through the storyline and fight through various challenges for the title of main waifu and 5 million dollars.
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Call of Senpai: Waifu Warfare 2
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Take control of Maria, a girl with Ukrainian roots. Explore the open world and complete quests from your friends and handlers to earn points and qualify for the $5 million Call of Senpai tournament.
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Space FURY - The Phantom Menace
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Tear up your enemies using various power-ups and weapons in this old-school space shooter!
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Senpai Arena
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Welcome to the arena! Create your character and go battle against zombies for a place of honor on the Steam leaderboard!
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Arthas 2
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
The continuation of a great game about a great man!