Single-player games like Spelunky 2
Below are 16 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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Kungfu Cowboy
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Headshot, dash and dodge like a Kungfu Cowboy in this quirky, challenging run 'n' gun platformer with roguelike elements. Explore randomly generated levels, acquire strong "gunfu" abilities and stack synergizible upgrades for a powerful build. Team up with friends in PvE or battle each other in PvP!
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NIPH
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!
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Legend of Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Legend of Dungeon is a randomly generated action RPG Beat'em'up with heavy Rogue-like elements, striking visuals, and dynamic music.
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Idiots' Fantasy
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Idiot's Fantasy is an idiotic hack-slash Roguelike in a world where every rule can be changed by equipping various rule books. Fight, explore, buy, switch, and die as you conquer this randomly generated world using the idiotic gameplay you've created yourself.
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Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
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Freaky Awesome
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
Freaky Awesome is a hectic action rogue-lite. You explore a randomly generated old factory, fighting weird monsters and avoiding traps. Toxic wastes will make you mutate, gaining different powers every time. You will need to adapt to your mutations to survive!
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Catacomb Kids
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spelunky 2.
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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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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RogueLite
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spelunky 2.
'RogueLite' is a simple randomly generated dungeon that was inspired by classic RPGs, complete with 100 floors, over 200 treasures to find and 70 monsters to hunt, and 6 playable classes plus 6 unlockable classes.
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RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spelunky 2.
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
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TUNIC
Single-player alternative to Spelunky 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spelunky 2.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
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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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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.