Single-player games like Gutter
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Gutter, 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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Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutter.
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
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Greetings from El Rey
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutter.
A noir 2.5D platformer in which Satrapo explores a sealed city through a rotating 2D perspective, engaged in an obsessive hunt for the mysterious R. A paranoid tale about desire, featuring eccentric characters and complex three-dimensional labyrinths.
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Colored Effects
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutter.
Colored Effects is a puzzle platformer game where you use different abilities to advance through levels. Each color grants a unique ability. Switch between the colors and their effects to collect gems, defeat bosses, and solve fun puzzles.
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Pawcision
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gutter.
Pawcision is a 2D retro-style LITERAL Precision Platformer with an Interactive Music System. Play as a cat with one goal: climb as high as you can. Like a cat, every jump you make must be PRECISELY calculated. Customize your look and conquer challenging obstacles with pixel-perfect reflexes.
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Asa's Adventure
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gutter.
A hand-drawn, cozy puzzle game. Step into the shoes of a lost planetary traveler, deciphering unique text symbols while solving puzzles and collecting stars, step by step uncovering an unexpected narrative twist hidden beneath the heartwarming visuals.
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Ploc
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gutter.
This is Ploc, brave, agile, fast, and with a super special power, controlling gravity! Walk on the floor, ceiling, or wall and help Ploc get through all the dangers in this frantic and challenging platform puzzle.
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Perfectly Fair
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gutter.
A precision platformer where spikes, lava, Portals, and Switches turn every jump into a puzzle you can only blame yourself for missing. Build your own devious levels in the full in-game Level Builder, then publish them for the whole community to play.
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Climbing Simplified
Single-player alternative to Gutter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gutter.
A physics-based climbing action-puzzle game where you plan your moves, manage stamina, and adapt to unique routes.