Single-player games like Umihara Kawase
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Umihara Kawase, 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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Umihara Kawase Shun
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Umihara Kawase.
Umihara Kawase is a girl who uses a fishing hook as a grappling hook. You’ll need quick reflexes to swing your way through the branching surreal environments. Use your brains to figure out the best way through. They say fish is brain food—you’re going to need it!
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Sayonara Umihara Kawase
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Umihara Kawase.
Umihara Kawase is a girl who uses a fishing hook as a grappling hook. You’ll need quick reflexes to swing your way through the branching surreal environments. Use your brains to figure out the best way through. They say fish is brain food—you’re going to need it!
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Jump Broke
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Umihara Kawase.
Play as a legless Mimic whose only way to move is by blasting gold coins at the ground, using physical recoil to jump. The rule is simple: 1 jump costs 1 gold coin. Precisely control the force and angle of every leap. Finish in heavy debt, or reach the summit decently with your treasure intact.
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1 Screen Platformer
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Umihara Kawase.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
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Ascending Inferno
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Umihara Kawase.
Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!
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Super Magbot
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Umihara Kawase.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
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Aeon Drive
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Umihara Kawase.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Umihara Kawase.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Worms
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Throw a grenade down memory lane with the original and classic turn-based strategy game Worms™! Up to 4 teams of worms do battle over an ever-changing battlefield with falling weapon crates, crazed exploding sheep and more besides. Winner of many industry awards, find out what all the fuss was about.
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Super World War
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The world has gone mad, it's time to unleash chaos! Super World War is a turn based strategy game for up to 4 players. Take control of wild leaders and wage war in solo, local multiplayer or online.
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RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Umihara Kawase.
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
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Blade Strangers
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Umihara Kawase.
A malevolent force known only as Lina is devouring data from a vast, interdimensional network of servers overseen by sentient computers called ”motes.” In desperation, the motes summon heroes from a variety of parallel game worlds to face off against each other in one-on-one combat.
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Code of Princess
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Umihara Kawase.
Code of Princess offers players an exciting yet unconventional experience, deftly blending the combo-heavy fighting gameplay of beat ‘em ups with the stat-boosting character customization of RPGs.
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Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Umihara Kawase.
In a world controlled by blade, magic, and fist, diverse warriors gather for battle! This is a 2D fighting game featuring characters from Shining Blade and Shining Hearts.
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Code of Princess EX
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Umihara Kawase.
Take the role of Princess Solange of DeLuxia as she fights to restore order in a world overrun with monsters. Armed with the legendary sword DeLuxcalibur, Solange gathers a team of fighters, and together they embark on an epic journey to confront the monster uprising and uncover its secret origins.
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Umihara Kawase BaZooKa!
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Umihara Kawase.
Umihara Kawase become esports?Rubbering battle action in fixed area.
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Umihara Kawase Fresh!
Single-player alternative to Umihara Kawase — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Umihara Kawase.
Umihara Kawase become open world? Clear the quests with rubbering action!