Single-player games like The Howler
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Howler, 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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The Bridge
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Howler.
The Bridge is a logic puzzle game that forces you to reevaluate your preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures.
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Vessel
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Howler.
Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!
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Incredipede
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Howler.
Grow arms and legs to transform into a snake, spider, butterfly, or fifty-legged horror - anything you can imagine. Control your creations in a fumblecore dash to solve each puzzle. Learn to swing through the trees, climb sheer cliffs, or even fly.
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Nimbus
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Howler.
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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Defy Gravity Extended
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Howler.
Defy Gravity is an action platformer that is a mix between classic platforming and gravity based puzzle solving.
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Ynglet
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Howler.
In Ynglet, you jump, dash, slide, bounce and float your way through an abstract, effervescent sky. Melt into the reactive, dynamic soundtrack, while beautiful colors make every moment a visual treat.
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Stilt Fella
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Howler.
Become the fella. Walk on the stilts.
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Munin
Single-player alternative to The Howler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The Howler.
Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.