Single-player games like Cryorise
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cryorise, 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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Galaxy Pilgrim
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
Launch into a high-stakes, physics-based arcade game where you can't walk, so you must fly! Boost a reluctant engineer through hundreds of levels of chaotic, pinball-like flight, dodging deadly traps and collecting ore for his country.
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Marshmallow Marvin: Timberfall
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
Marshmallow Marvin: Timberfall is a 2D pixel art platformer where Marvin explores the moonlit Timberfall Woods, dodging bears, owls, traps, and wild dangers while mastering precision platforming to survive the night and uncover hidden forest secrets.
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Marshmallow Marvin: Templestone
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
Marshmallow Marvin: Templestone is a challenging 2D pixel art platformer where you guide Marvin through trap filled ancient ruins, avoiding deadly spikes, dodging automated turrets, and mastering precision platforming to reach the exit.
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Nijoaju
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
Two characters. A goal. Nijoaju is a local co-op game that invites two players to think as one. Use the skills of a destroying stone and a water that fires water bullets to overcome challenges made for cooperation.
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Olija
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
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TetherGeist
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.
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RedEx
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
RedEx is a 2D shooter with Tower Defence mechanics, with a minimalist pixel art stile. You are to fight against mercenaries of underground smuggling organization which pretends to be a logistic corporation called RedExpress.
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1 Screen Platformer
Single-player alternative to Cryorise — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cryorise.
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.