Single-player games like Earthworms
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Earthworms, 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 Franz Kafka Videogame
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
An original puzzle/adventure game inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.
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Bad Dream: Coma
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Welcome in Bad Dream: Coma. A point & click game where unique minimalistic art style creates an unforgettable and atmospheric experience. Travel through the surreal and disturbing dreamland where everything depends on your actions. You can't die but you can suffer greatly...
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The Night is Grey
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Graham’s alone in a forest filled with strange wolves. While he’s fleeing for his life he finds a lost girl in an abandoned lodge that won’t survive without his help. Try to find their way to safety in this slow-burning cinematic thriller filled with puzzles, hand-drawn animation and lots of mystery
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Lucid Dream Adventure
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Lucid Dream is the story of little Lucy, who goes on an adventure into the world of dreams with the mission to save her mother.
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The Journey Down: Chapter Two
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
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Slender Threads
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
In this paranormal point-and-click adventure, a traveling salesman races to stop a string of horrific deaths in a quiet seaside town—before he’s next.
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Karma. Incarnation 1
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
This multi-award winning adventure game explores a love story between two beautiful souls through ingenious humour, mind bending puzzles and a bizarre, hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation style.
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Four Last Things
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Earthworms.
Four Last Things is a very silly pythonesque adventure made from Renaissance-era paintings and public domain recordings of classical music. It is about sin, and the Four Last Things – Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell – and strives to be intelligent and ridiculous in equal measures.
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Bouncy Bob
Single-player alternative to Earthworms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Earthworms.
Simple experimental one button local multiplayer game. Perfect for parties with friends (up to 4 people on 1 keyboard). It also has a single mode in which you jump on platforms and use double jumps and multiple power-ups to defeat the army of the undead!