Single-player games like Gimmick! 2
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Gimmick! 2, 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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Chloe the Cat
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Jump, swipe, and pounce your way through this colorful platforming adventure as Chloe the Cat! Explore each nook and cranny for food and secrets while leaping past danger around every corner.
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Explosive Candy World
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Forget about running and jumping. In Explosive Candy World you have to EXPLODE your way to the end of the level!
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A Strange Hotel
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Gimmick! 2.
Find clever solutions to the physics based puzzles of A Strange Hotel. In this short but sweet puzzle platformer you have to find solutions to simple and complex puzzles while using your vacuum to grab physics objects.
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Super Sami Roll
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Sami’s on a mission to rescue his friend Vera and he needs your help! Join him in this exhilarating, colorful 3D platformer and fast roll, air-grapple, and jump to save her!
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Super Magbot
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
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JellyCar Worlds
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
It's a Car, made of Jelly! Squishy Physics, Tactile, Silly & Imaginative Driving/Platforming
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Fowl Damage
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Fowl Damage is an atmospheric puzzle platformer where your default jump provides enough fall damage to destroy you! Carefully manage your jumps and falls as you adventure through this chilling, beautiful, and occasionally cute world.
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Vibrant Venture
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gimmick! 2.
Vibrant Venture is a singleplayer 2D adventure platformer game featuring a quirky cast of characters! The game features four playable characters with multiple unique abilities that can be combined for extremely versatile, fluid and fun movement!
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
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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ElecHead
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
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Earthion
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Earthion is a side-scrolling space shooter developed natively for 16-bit systems. Guide space fighter pilot Azusa Takanashi in her fight to repel the alien invaders and save planet Earth.
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Wunderling DX
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gimmick! 2.
Dash, jump, and fly at full speed through Wunderling DX: a non-stop puzzle platformer and the world's first "goomba simulator"! Race against the clock, beat tricky puzzles to uncover shiny secrets, and stomp the odds to please your evil overlord!
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Zero Wing
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Defend the galaxy from vicious space pirates! Seize your foes and fire them back at their allies for devastating destruction in Toaplan's legendary horizontal arcade shooter, now on PC with all-new features and quality-of-life bonuses!
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Truxton
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
The ruthless Gidans invite you to an explosive space scramble! Head into the mighty Super Fighter and disintegrate your foes in all directions with various upgradeable weapons. Toaplan's no-frills vertical shooter Truxton speeds onto PC with new features and quality-of-life updates!
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Twin Cobra
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Blast battalions of tanks into smoking craters and conquer air and sea from the sky's fastest attack chopper! Toaplan's coin-op shooter Twin Cobra flies to PC with fresh features and quality-of-life updates!
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Out Zone
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Blast through alien hordes as the finest cyborg mercenary in existence! To emerge victorious, you'll need to manage time and resources skillfully. Toaplan's run-and-gun smash-hit finally arrives on PC, reloaded with new features and quality-of-life extras!
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Tiger Heli
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Take off on a classic arcade journey with Tiger-Heli, Toaplan's pioneering vertical shooter that set the stage for an entire genre. Now available on PC with a host of modern upgrades!
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Slap Fight
Single-player alternative to Gimmick! 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Gimmick! 2.
Artificial intelligence threatens the galaxy. Buckle up and fight computing power with the only power that counts: FIREPOWER! Experience Toaplan's brain-melting Slap Fight (AKA Alcon) with its gauge-based power-ups and strategic gameplay. Now on PC with the latest features!