Single-player games like Spelunky 2
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Spelunky 2, 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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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spelunky 2.
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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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
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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30XX
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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GONNER2
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
In this sequel to GoNNER: Journey your way through deep dark chaotic places with unimaginable sparks of colour as you go on a mission to help Death rid a mysterious presence from her lair. Battle crazy bosses, lose your head (a lot), in this messy, cute, fast-paced procedurally-generated platformer.
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Unrailed!
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Unrailed! is a co-op multiplayer game where you have to work together with your friends to build a train track across endless procedurally generated worlds. Master random encounters with its inhabitants, upgrade your train and keep it from derailing!
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Caveblazers
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
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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Rogue Legacy 2
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
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N++ (NPLUSPLUS)
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spelunky 2.
N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spelunky 2.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
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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TowerClimb
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
TowerClimb is a difficult and rewarding procedurally generated platformer with roguelike elements. Enormous and mysterious towers of ancient unknown origin stand above humanity, extending to the heavens. Struggle forward as a weak human, driven by an iron will to reach the top.
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Vagante
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
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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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
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.