Single-player games like Dream Doctor
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dream Doctor, 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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Puppeteer: No Strings Attached
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
In a world controlled by strings, YOU are not attached. Fight your way through champions of ancient fairy tales in this action packed boss-rush game, escape the grip of The Puppeteer, and write your own ending.
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Psycho Bathroom
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
Psycho Bathroom is a boss rush game with a dark comedic storyline about outcasts, hopes and friendships. Your job as a toothbrush is to fight toilet plumes and protect your master. Along the way, you'll upgrade your gear, meet new buddies and learn the absurd world through your master's story.
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Boss Rush: Mythology
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
Boss Rush: Mythology - This is an action game in which you have to fight various creatures and gods from Greek, Scandinavian, Slavic and Egyptian mythologies.
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Blasphemous 2
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
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Volkolak: The Will of Gods
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a warrior, a werewolf, or join the darkness.
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Abathor
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Minoria
Single-player alternative to Dream Doctor — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dream Doctor.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.