Single-player games like Downwell
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Downwell, 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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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Downwell.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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LUFTRAUSERS
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Downwell.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Super House of Dead Ninjas
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
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Flinthook
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
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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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Downwell.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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Brotato
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Super Crate Box
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Vlambeer's SUPER CRATE BOX is coming to bring back the glory of the golden arcade age, when all that really mattered was getting on that high score list. Grab your baseball cap and loosen your pants, it's time to fight endless hordes of enemies and collect every weapon crate you can.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Downwell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Downwell.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.