Single-player games like Lizard
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Lizard, 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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Alwa's Awakening
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Lizard.
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lizard.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lizard.
"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.
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Super Win the Game
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lizard.
Throw on your nostalgia goggles and travel back in time with Super Win the Game, a retro-core explosion of exploration and platforming action!!
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1001 Spikes
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lizard.
Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...
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Abathor
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lizard.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lizard.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Lizard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lizard.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?