Single-player games like Swiftly
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Swiftly, 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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DeadCore
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
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David.
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Be there AND be square.
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Impulsion
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Almost There: The Platformer
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Sprint between saw blades while dodging homing missiles. Duck under lasers while the floor crumbles beneath you. Almost There was designed specifically for fans of the hardcore platforming genre - you've been warned.
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Spelunky 2
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
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Skelattack
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Play Skelattack and save the Underworld in this fun action platformer! Together with your best bat friend Imber, you jump, slash, and flap your way though the Underworld and stop the human threat!
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Minimalism
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Minimalism - platformer with a lot of levels, made in minimalist style - which is a cube protogonist. The game is a kind of labyrinth consisting of levels, to go between them you need to open the doors with collected keys.
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Thomas Was Alone
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Two Digits
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Simple, minimalist and difficult. Two Digits is a perfect blend between insanity and happiness. You are given 9 numbers less than 100, and all you have to do is to choose two subsets with the same sum.
- 12

Snik
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Snik is an extremely hard game that will test your reflexes, timing, aiming and planning ahead in a simple, minimalist interface.
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Three Digits
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Three Digits is the sequel to our first game Two Digits. You are given 14 numbers less than 1000, and all you have to do is to choose two subsets with the same sum.
- 14

The Growth Journey
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swiftly.
A game about tactical growth, where growth is irreversible.
- 15

Tenrow
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Tenrow is a logic puzzle game. Includes 50 levels.
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Multimirror
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Multimirror is a minimal grid-based puzzle game.
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Permute
Single-player alternative to Swiftly — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Swiftly.
Rotate and navigate a colorful world.