Single-player games like Sime Returns
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Sime Returns, 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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THE INDIE DEV
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sime Returns.
THE INDIE DEV invites you, the player, to a behind-the-scenes look at one wannabe indie darling's sordid tryst with game development. Learn what it takes to be an amateur, laugh at jokes, experience plot twists, and join our rookie dev on a rollercoaster ride that's rapidly running out of track.
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GEORGIE-YOLKIE™ Enhanced
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sime Returns.
GEORGIE-YOLKIE™ is an all-new purrfect open-world platformer and collectathon! With huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of silly characters as buddy-duo Georgie (The cat guy) and Yolkie (The yellow bird) embark on an epic, funny adventure to thwart the evil King Rattie! Now enhanced!
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Crude Oil
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
Escape your captors as a puddle of petroleum on the run from Big Oil. Collect more oil to grow big and juicy. Bounce and slide. Operate heavy machinery. Flush polluters down the drain.
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My Eyes
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Use your laser vision to climb and fly your way through perilous caves and make your way back to your body. Keep in mind, it hurts to shoot lasers out of your eyes and you can only stand so much pain. It's also deadly to keep your eyes closed, as the heat from the laser builds up inside your head.
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Hell Pie
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Hell Pie is an obscene 3D platformer that takes bad taste to the next level! Hell Pie sees you grab the horns of Nate, the ‘Demon of Bad Taste’. He is given the honorable task of gathering the disgusting ingredients for Satan’s infamous birthday pie!
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Orbo's Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Hop into Orbo's shoes! Run, jump and drill around your boss's office, make some new friends, and uncover terrifying secrets about the company you work for in this comedically surreal 3D platformer!
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Alice: Madness Returns
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Alice: Madness Returns is a third-person, single-player, action adventure platformer. Visit the grim reality of Victorian London and travel to the beautiful yet ghastly Wonderland to uncover the root of Alice's madness.
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Another Crab's Treasure
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
In a vibrant undersea kingdom on the verge of collapse, a hermit crab embarks on a treasure hunt to buy back his repossessed shell. The second game from AGGRO CRAB.
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Sime Is Back
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
Sime's back, celebrated by locals but tired of exploitation. Join him & his feline friend on a whimsical Adriatic journey. Armed with his fish, Sime confronts enemies, smashes crates & reclaims what's his. Dive into this charming adventure of chaos, camaraderie, & fish-flinging fun!
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Sime Is Back 3D Old School
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sime Returns.
Sime Is Back 3D Old School is a retro-inspired action-platformer set on the Adriatic coast. Play as Sime, an old fisherman with a heart of gold but no swimming skills, as he uses a fish to hilariously battle through obstacles, rescue his cats, and outwit greedy villagers.
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Sime Is Back 18+
Single-player alternative to Sime Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Sime Returns.
Explore a mysterious world hub temple and travel to different worlds, collect shiny diamonds and keys, and unlock new levels packed with that nostalgic charm you’ve come to love. It’s everything you’d expect from a fun, lighthearted 3D platformer… Until it isn’t.