Single-player games like Growing Pains
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Growing Pains, 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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Adventures of Shuggy
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again!
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Gateways
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
From the creative mind behind The Adventures of Shuggy comes an exciting new retro-styled 2D platformer, a winner of Dream Build Play 2012 and a top 50 game of 2012 according to Game Informer. Grab the gateway guns and explore a huge lab filled with mysterious puzzles in this classic platforming adventure.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Electronic Super Joy: Groove City
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
A Giant Robot Stripper called JoJo has smashed Groove City! She's angry because Dr Swinger stole her Laser-Nipples! Help JoJo reclaim her Laser-Nipples & defeat the Evil Plans of Dr.Swinger, with the help of Pope Boris the Super Sexy!
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Nimbus
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
Nimbus is a unique combination of racing & puzzling. The player controls a craft with no means of directly propelling itself and needs to use whatever is scattered around the levels to acquire thrust and reach the goal. Traverse a world map with several distinct islands in order to recover your lost love.
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10 Second Ninja
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
Ninjas are cool, this is an established fact of the universe. Nazi Robots from space are not cool, they are the complete opposite of cool, and Robot Hitler is out to get you, the world's first ninja. You have 10 seconds to destroy all Nazi Robots in your vicinity. IT. IS. ON.
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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Single-player alternative to Growing Pains — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Growing Pains.
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!