Single-player games like The Buddy Signal
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Buddy Signal, 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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Needle Eye
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buddy Signal.
Link anything together in Needle Eye, a cozy adventure game where everything is physics-based. Bring this aging town back to life in creative and chaotic ways using your needle and some rope by tying any object, villager, creature, tutorial panel, and even your own character!
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Terra-Formers
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buddy Signal.
A sci-fi first-person terrain altering game wher the player is able to raise or lower the terrain to complete various puzzles. Use your jetpack to fly around the planet's surface while terraforming. Try your best to complete levels with the best time as you literally change the world around you!
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Solar Voltage
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buddy Signal.
After a huge solar storm destroyed their ship and left them stranded, help Volt and her crewmates escape the dangerous planet filled with deadly robots and a mysterious AI.
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Tellyport
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buddy Signal.
Play as Sally, the granddaughter of a brilliant and eccentric inventor, who invited you to explore her 70s lab, filled with unique inventions. Solve puzzles by crossing TV screens that alter your gravity, size, or both. Observation, manipulation, and thinking are key to progressing!
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Star Overdrive
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buddy Signal.
Star Overdrive is a high-speed action adventure set in an open world. Race across an alien planet on your Hoverboard, mastering tricks, battling enemies, solving puzzles, and using your powers to overcome challenges and shape your destiny!
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Chromatic Conundrum
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Buddy Signal.
Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. Combine different colors and form shadows to illuminate your way through an enigmatic world.
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Frogun
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buddy Signal.
Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!
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Biped 2
Single-player alternative to The Buddy Signal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buddy Signal.
Biped 2 is a coop action adventure game with a strong focus on moment-to-moment collaboration alone or between 2 or 4 players.