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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Unification
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Unification is about a cat chasing its own laser pointer into an ancient black hole engine. Unleash your cat instincts as Gumbot, tackling physics and critters alike! Leap and scramble up ledges, zoom with rocket parkour, shift gravity at will, and wield curious artifacts and dreamlike powers.
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Firefighters Together
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Journey Up.
Firefighters Together is a chaotic co-op action platformer where 1-4 players work together to rescue kittens from dangerous, fire-filled maps. Overcome challenging obstacles, extinguish flames, and save those kittens!
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Outta Hand
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Outta Hand lets you embody one of the Hand-People, wide-eyed, hop-happy lab experiments with the power to jump great heights, leap impossible lengths, and shake hands from… really, really far away. Like a whole big dining room away.
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Only Up: SKIBIDI
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Only Up: Skibidi is an exciting multiplayer 3D platformer. Overcome challenging obstacles and climb higher and higher. Attention and focus will help you reach new heights, and this rule applies both in the game and in life.
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ZONEX
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
ZONEX is a 3D realtime dynamic effects showcase with both PC and VR support.
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Human Fall Flat VR
Single-player alternative to Journey Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Journey Up.
Experience the blockbuster physics platformer, now in VR! Human Fall Flat VR features an intuitive 3rd-person view designed especially for VR headsets.
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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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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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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.