Single-player games like Cleaning Up!
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Cleaning Up!, 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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GOOSE.IO
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Establish the pecking order once and for all and rule the pond!
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Rain on Your Parade
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Travel the world as a cute cardboard cloud and ruin everybody's day! Unlock new methods of mischief in over 50 levels, each with unique setting and objectives. This is an adorable schadenfreude simulator!
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Alien Paradise
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cleaning Up!.
Help an extraterrestrial being to enjoy their staying on Planet Earth in this rhythm game.
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Just Crow Things
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
You're a little crow trying to prove herself to the world. Make new animal friends, poop on unsuspecting hoomans, and steal all the shiny trinkets! Each level is a little sandbox full of fun items to discover and puzzles to solve, while leaving a bit of chaos behind. Why? Just caws!
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Harmony's Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Harmony’s Odyssey is a 3D fantasy adventure puzzle game set on mythical dioramas full of riddles, perky creatures and magic. Embark on a fantastic journey through remote fabled lands tangled by a rowdy cat and bring peace to its inhabitants.
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Papetura
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Papetura is a short atmospheric adventure game, with unique world handmade entirely out of paper, and beautiful fragile music. It tells the story of two little creatures whose house is in danger of being burned down.
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Petal Crash
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Cleaning Up!.
Crash blocks together into huge chain reactions in this frantic arcade action puzzler! Pick your favorite character and experience their tale in the Story Mode, solve tricky brain teasers and make your own in Puzzle Mode, shoot for high scores in Solo Play, or go head to head in Versus Mode!
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Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cleaning Up!.
The massive sequel to the original cult classic! Plan your menu, decorate your restaurant, cook hundreds of foods, and for the first time ever - earn medals by mastering dozens of themed restaurants!
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HEADLINER
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
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Headliner: NoviNews
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Award-winning adventure where you control the news and its impact on society, your friends and career. Different choices lead to unique combinations of endings. Share your story with the community, and see what the players before you did.
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Postmortem: One Must Die (Extended Cut)
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Narrative-adventure playing an Agent of Death who must take ONE life that could change the fate of a conflict-torn Nation
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Karaski: What Goes Up...
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!
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FULFILLMENT
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Exciting Adventure About the Joys of Working at an Amazin' Fulfillment Center! Short, social commentary game that is 100% free, no micro-transactions.
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Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
Single-player alternative to Cleaning Up! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cleaning Up!.
Blow leaves at 6am on a Sunday and earn points by annoying all the neighbors. But beware - unexpected challenges await on your journey to rid the world of leaves!