Single-player games like Super Life of Pixel
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Super Life of Pixel, 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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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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Super Magbot
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Penarium
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
Penarium is a frantic 2D arena arcade game where you take on the role of Willy, trapped in a sinister circus show. Run, jump and avoid an array of killer death-traps while being cheered on by a sadistic crowd that’s out for blood.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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Evoland
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.
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Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
The title says it all. Take one part falling block puzzle game, combine one part old-school platformer, add a couple thousand pixels, blend and serve. Why match colored blocks when you can just shoot the hell out of them? Your goal is to survive as long as you can. From celebrated indie developer Andrew Morrish and Adult Swim Games.
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You Have to Win the Game
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
You Have to Win the Game is a free exploration platformer with a retro 1980s PC aesthetic.
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MANIC MINERS
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
Welcome to "MANIC MINERS" - just imagine, "Lemmings" meets "Boulderdash" ... with TNTs, fuse bombs, lasers and flamers tossed-in-too! Deploy your Tiny Miners (TM) to collect, and safely return home, as many jewels as possible. But, be very, very, aware - there's a million ways to die daan there!
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Stargate: Timekeepers
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time tactics game where you lead a team of specialists through a story-driven campaign set in the SG-1 universe. Sneak your characters behind enemy lines, use their unique skills, craft the perfect plan to unravel a timeloop mystery, and defeat the Goa’uld threat.
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PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker
Single-player alternative to Super Life of Pixel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Life of Pixel.
The easiest way to make platform games and share them with other PlataGO! players. It’s a versatile yet simple drag and drop tool, that can be enjoyed whatever your level of game-making experience. With the ability to import sprites into PlataGO!, the only limit is your imagination!