Single-player games like Shallow Pond
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Shallow Pond, 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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Monkey Do!
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shallow Pond.
Escape a crumbling zoo as Mak, a stealth-savvy monkey who dismantles robot Keepers, springs traps on them, and recruits fellow animals to stage his ultimate breakout. Will the malicious owner be able to stop him or will Mak be the monkey wrench in his operation?
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Hymble Ventures
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shallow Pond.
A quirky, nonsensical adventure where you relive the classic era of collectathon platformers with a modern polish and heartfelt narrative. Explore whimsical worlds and unlock wacky abilities as you progress through a diverse set of puzzles, obstacles and denizens.
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Pizzapocalypse
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shallow Pond.
A game made by students in twelve weeks. As a chef, master your pizza moveset to traverse a corporation-ridden town in this cartoony 3D platformer!
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Spiny & Chilly
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shallow Pond.
Hop, slide and surf through colorful handcrafted worlds in a quirky 3D platformer starring Chilly the penguin and Spiny the hedgehog. Recover stolen ice blocks, master fluid movement and outsmart an adorably clueless penguin cult!
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Portabellows
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shallow Pond.
Explore a whimsical island to find… pie recipes?! Bake them by gathering or growing ingredients, which may be the key to helping out your new found quirky friends leave the island! In this wholesome 3D platformer collectathon, you can enjoy discovering the world freely at your own pace.
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Cellar Creek
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Shallow Pond.
A curious little dog in a world carved from wood and wonder. Earn Scout Badges as you dig trails, herd woolly creatures, sniff out secrets, and discover that even the smallest world can hold something worth remembering.
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Robo Rolo
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shallow Pond.
Play as R0-L0 (a spherical robot from outer space) to roll, jump, and bounce through 6 colorful worlds to collect energy shards, so they can return home! Robo Rolo is a physics-based 3D collectathon platformer with fine-tuned, skill based movement that's fun to play, and even more fun to master.
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Fill The Void
Single-player alternative to Shallow Pond — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Shallow Pond.
A satisfying game about consuming entire worlds to grow a black hole. Traverse small diaorama worlds as a black hole or as a sphere who can jump around and knock things over. Gain upgrades, new skins, abilities, stages, and collect everything in the world to view in your gallery.