Single-player games like TowerClimb
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to TowerClimb, 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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Vagante
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
Vagante is an action-packed platformer that features permanent death and procedurally generated levels. Play cooperatively with friends both locally and online, or adventure solo in this challenging roguelike-inspired game.
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with TowerClimb.
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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Catacomb Kids
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
Catacomb Kids is a brutal platformer roguelike that pits you against the deadly Catacombs aided only by magic, steel, and your quick reflexes. Traverse procedurally generated dungeons and hack, slash, burn, and blast your way through hordes of things that want to kill you.
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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
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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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
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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Caveblazers
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TowerClimb.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to TowerClimb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with TowerClimb.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!