Single-player games like Egg Returns Home
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Egg Returns Home, 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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egg is broken. heart is too.
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
You are a chicken. Break into a restaurant kitchen and rescue your precious baby egg from the clutches of evil, hungry humans. You can do it. You have the power of motherly love.
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Egging On
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
This game is hard-boiled. Face the challenge of being a real, fragile egg. Escape the hen-house and jump, roll and climb your way through a farm shop, factory and other perilous environments. With some determination, you might just reach your freedom.
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BETON BRUTAL
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
Climb a massive overgrown concrete tower while constantly at risk of falling and losing precious progress. BETON BRUTAL offers a fluid and responsive first person parkour experience through tranquil brutalist architecture.
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The Impossible Game
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
The super-addictive and very, very hard platform game finally arrives on Steam - it's quite possibly the world's hardest game! As well as five classic Impossible Game levels, this desktop version includes an EXCLUSIVE new Level Editor.
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Dungeon Escape
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
Challenging 2D platformer with simple graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.
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Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
Devilishly difficult but insanely rewarding physics puzzler. Play through 85 levels of diverse and ingenious physics-based challenges.
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Simple Fish Adventure
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
Simple Fish Adventure is an unusual short physics-based platformer. Jump like a fish, think like a fish, be a fish! Overcome obstacles and suffer. Also includes co-op for up to 4 players.
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Egg Returns Home — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Egg Returns Home.
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.