Single-player games like Icy Tower
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Icy Tower, 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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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
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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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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Penarium
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Penarium is a frantic 2D arena arcade game where you take on the role of Willy, trapped in a sinister circus show. Run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps while being cheered on by a sadistic crowd that’s out for blood.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Slime-san: Superslime Edition
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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BZZZT
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!
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Super House of Dead Ninjas
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
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Cosmic Collapse
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Merge planets together in this puzzle game with soft physics. Can you make it to the sun? Can you merge two suns? Find out for science!
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Hellgineers
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Help the minions of the underworld across bubbling pools of lava with rickety bridges and non-regulated constructions. Will you go for the easiest route, or test your skills and aim for the coveted skulls? Return to completed challenges to perfect your builds!
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Shadow King
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Explore a mysterious castle in this pixel perfect metroidvania and take on the Shadow King! Upgrades, secrets, combat, and more!
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Golf Monday
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Partake in what seems like a normal golf tournament. But watch out! Your competitors will stop at nothing to win.
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Orb of Aeternum
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
A bite sized dungeon manager game that requires new strategies every time you play! Mine, build, and fight your way to success.
- 14
Sunset Solitaire
Single-player alternative to Icy Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Icy Tower.
Classic Solitaire with pixel perfect graphics and soothing chip tunes. Four variants with separate difficulty modes and an addicting scoring mechanism for unlocking card backs.