Single-player games like You Have to Win the Game
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to You Have to Win the 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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Super Win the Game
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
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Bones Beneath
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
Explore the Egyptian underworld in this precision platformer! Jump, whip, and dash your way through a challenging, interconnected world that weaves linear gauntlets with open-ended exploration.
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Dwarf Legacy
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
A Bullet-Hell Precision Platformer. Climb up Vertical Dungeons of The Mountainhome, battling Swarms and navigating Traps. Uncover the secret of your Legacy hidden atop the highest peak and secure the future of your village.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the 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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Downwell
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
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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La-Mulana
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
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La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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I wanna be The Cat
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
I wanna be the Cat is a challenging roguelite platformer inspired by I wanna be the Guy fangames.Fight against famous videogame characters turned into cats and try to claim "THE CAT" as the ultimate title.
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Eldritch
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
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NEON STRUCT
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
You are Jillian Cleary: an ex-spy on the run, framed for treason and hunted by your former agency. You must move in secret, survive off the grid, and find a way to clear your name. Old friends and new allies will lend their support; but with the eyes of the world upon you, who can you trust?
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Gunmetal Arcadia
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
War is coming. How will you serve?
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Slayer Shock
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
A role-playing shooter about hunting vampires in Nebraska. Take missions to patrol the streets, rescue captive humans, and weaken the undead threat. Assemble a team, hunt the vampires, and save your hometown!
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Gunmetal Arcadia Zero
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
Unrest brews in the city of Arcadia, and a monstrous enemy approaches.
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EPONYMOUS
Single-player alternative to You Have to Win the Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with You Have to Win the Game.
EPONYMOUS: In Which a Work Is Known by Its Reading is a short-form narrative about unreliable infrastructures.