Single-player games like Journey Up
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Journey Up, 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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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Journey Up.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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The Break-In
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Steal everything. Even the people. The Break-In lets you take whatever you want, from TVs to fridges to toilets. And all in 1-4 player co-op, VR and non VR. Select your getaway vehicle, anything from a bicycle to a stolen police van, and load up with gear like hammers and rocket boosters, and steal.
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Chained Together
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Journey Up.
From the depths of hell, climb chained to your friends through diverse worlds. Solo or co-op, try to reach the summit and discover what awaits you there...
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No More Rainbows
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Journey Up.
YOU ARE THE BEAST! Rampage through colorful worlds to reclaim your desecrated Underworld from parasitic beings of joy. Use intuitive locomotion mechanics to run, jump, claw, and climb using only your hands in an adventure that will remind you of your favorite platformers.
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Heavenly Bodies
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
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Impulsion
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
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Crowbar Climber
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
In Crowbar Climber, use your crowbars to make your way up! Face hooks, planks, and gears using only your arms. Can you beat the game before you run out of energy?
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Neon White
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Neon White is a single-player speedrunning FPS where you can sacrifice your guns for godlike parkour moves.
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Pierhead Arcade 2
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Journey Up.
Pierhead Arcade is back with all new VR physics based arcade games to play!
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Criticality
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Journey Up.
A short incremental game about splitting atoms and triggering exponentially growing chain reactions.