Single-player games like Rovi's Diary
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rovi's Diary, 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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Herdles
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
An adorable open world platformer where you play as a magical dog. Zoom around a vibrant landscape, using an evolving arsenal of abilities to explore, solve challenges and discover secrets – one bark at a time!
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FrogStray
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
A tough, precise platformer. Guide a lost frog home using charged jumps and wall-kicks through hand-crafted, obstacle-filled levels. A pure challenge of skill.
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Halve
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
Two spirits wake up separated in a broken world, with no memory of what they once were. Control them simultaneously in an atmospheric, immersive journey about separation, memory, and the hope of becoming whole again.
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Dream Runner
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
Soma is just a kid who doesn't want to grow up. Test your limits in this fast and whimsical platformer where new challenges wait around every corner! Master powerful abilities, solve puzzles, and catch butterflies, all while unearthing a dark conspiracy hidden just beneath the surface.
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Ruby's Realms
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
Ruby's Realms is a platformer blending metroidvania exploration with level-based challenges in mysterious cursed realms. Leap across precarious platforms, blast cultists and possessed monsters with magic flames. Collect upgrade points and buy upgrades from your friend, Skully.
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Tama In-Between
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rovi's Diary.
A puzzle platformer where a slime cat absorbs, splits, and possesses to overcome the unique challenges of each stage.
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Greetings from El Rey
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rovi's Diary.
A noir 2.5D platformer in which Satrapo explores a sealed city through a rotating 2D perspective, engaged in an obsessive hunt for the mysterious R. A paranoid tale about desire, featuring eccentric characters and complex three-dimensional labyrinths.
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One Neck Ahead
Single-player alternative to Rovi's Diary — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Rovi's Diary.
In One Neck Ahead, you play as Kid Giraffe on a journey towards the heart of the forest, where dreams come true. Carry your own ground, create your own platforms, and meet a cast of memorable characters, each introducing a new twist to the adventure.