Single-player games like Dawn of the Plow
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dawn of the Plow, 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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Polychromatic
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
Polychromatic is a physics-based arcade shooter with a pop of color.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS and Gamespot's Game of the Month!
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Final Exam
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.
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Wizorb
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
The once peaceful Kingdom of Gorudo is threatened by an evil presence. The only hope for salvation is Cyrus!
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CastleStorm
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
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Crush Your Enemies
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
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Outland
Single-player alternative to Dawn of the Plow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dawn of the Plow.
Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.