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Single-player games like Grow Up

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Grow Up, 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Grow Up page.

Ranked picks

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    Grow Home — Steam game cover

    Grow Home

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.

    2015IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reytrieve Odyssey — Steam game cover

    Reytrieve Odyssey

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    Reytrieve Odyssey is a vibrant 3D platformer starring a feisty android girl on a quest to retrieve mysterious data disks! Switch between powerful cartridges, explore giant colorful islands, and uncover the secrets of a broken world!

    IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ragdoll Chimps — Steam game cover

    Ragdoll Chimps

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    Ragdoll Chimps is a Physics-Based Sandbox with a Huge Open World, and Tons of Activities. Farming, Mining, Fishing, Collectibles, Quests, Customization, Fighting, Racing, Mini-Games, and More! Enjoy it in Singleplayer, or Split-Screen Co-op and PVP modes.

    ActionSportsIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pru the Pigeon — Steam game cover

    Pru the Pigeon

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    Pru the Pigeon is a bite-sized 3D platformer with precise and expressive controls. Join Pru on his quest to save his land Asasco. Explore and collect everything in sight!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Completely Stretchy — Steam game cover

    Completely Stretchy

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    A befuddling mishap has made you COMPLETELY STRETCHY! Stretch, swing and stick around the delightfully odd and vibrant Grombi Isles in this eccentric and light-hearted 3D platformer.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual18.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Yooka-Laylee — Steam game cover

    Yooka-Laylee

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Big Hops — Steam game cover

    Big Hops

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    Tongue-swing, free climb, and build your own path forward in a new kind of 3D platformer! Plant veggie bounce pads, tightropes, hookshots, and much more. Find a way home through huge Desert, Ocean, and Mountain worlds and collect bugs, upgrade your backpack, and meet animal friends along the way.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scrap Garden — Steam game cover

    Scrap Garden

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    Scrap Garden is a charming puzzle platformer about the adventures of Canny, a lonely robot, who awakens in a post-apocalyptic world to find all other robots shut down and seized up. What happened to the City? Why did all robots stop moving? Did anyone survive except him?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Exit 8 — Steam game cover

    The Exit 8

    Single-player alternative to Grow Up — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Grow Up.

    You are trapped in an endless underground passageway. Observe your surroundings carefully to reach "The Exit 8".

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →