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!.
You're a soul-shard of an Archangel, you have wings and a living sword that gets stronger each time you parry. You are Menes. Defeat Gods and monsters, overcome hazards, uncover mysterious lore and explore surreal aesthetics.
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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.
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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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Void Ascend
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Test your reflexes and precision in this unforgiving physics-based 3D climbing adventure. Time your jumps, catch every ledge, and scale dangerous heights to reach the summit. Do you have what it takes?
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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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THE CANON OF BALLS
Single-player alternative to Pal Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Pal Up!.
Hardcore, co-op (or solo) platformer. Dark Souls makes a baby with Super Monkey Ball. An easy-to-learn, hard-to-master experience to explore with your friends. All inside a vast open world, with each platforming course bringing its own twist.
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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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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!