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Single-player games like Death Standing

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Death Standing, 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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    Space Kettle — Steam game cover

    Space Kettle

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Standing.

    Have you ever played a game as a Flying Kettle? No? It’s time to fix this. In this game, your main goal is to reach the top of the unyielding surreal mountain at any cost, going through the test of inevitable falls, constant loss of progress, and deep frustration.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Progress Bar Simulator — Steam game cover

    Progress Bar Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Death Standing.

    Ever wanted to accelerate the progress bar of your download, slow installation, Windows update or just to kill some time until something else has finished? Then here comes the game you never asked for: Progress Bar: The Game

    2019IndieSimulationCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Crome: Bullet Purgatory — Steam game cover

    Super Crome: Bullet Purgatory

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Death Standing.

    In the dark depths of space, an unknown threat called Purgatory has begun to consume colonies throughout the cosmos. Now it’s up to Crome, the Consul’s best star pilot, to travel into the unknown and put an end to Purgatory before it overcomes the entire galaxy.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Intruders — Steam game cover

    Intruders

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Death Standing.

    Intruders is a survival horror / strategy game where you get kidnapped and in order to save your life you will need to survive five nights. Use camera system and environment to defend yourself against different intruders.

    2023Indie0.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SwingByByBy — Steam game cover

    SwingByByBy

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Death Standing.

    Harness gravity to shatter planets! SwingByByBy is an addictive 2D physics arcade game where you slingshot comets with your gravitational pull. Move Earth, bend trajectories, and smash planets for massive combos. One touch means instant death. Pure, high-stakes physics chaos!

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LET ME BOOK — Steam game cover

    LET ME BOOK

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Death Standing.

    Let Me Book is an intense, first-person survival game where your goal is to return the books to their bookshelves and not DIE in the process. You're a late night shift worker at a haunted library. Danger lurks around every bookshelf! Return the books and escape the library!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    One Box One Goal — Steam game cover

    One Box One Goal

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Death Standing.

    You're in a box and you have to climb as high as possible... if you can make it.

    2025ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Salvation of Sisyphus — Steam game cover

    Salvation of Sisyphus

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Death Standing.

    In this high-stakes, foddian platformer you can finally find out if Sisyphus is happy after all. Equipped with only your pet rock, suffer trials and tribulations - come out a changed person. Join Sisyphus on his journey to salvation and reach the top together! What awaits him there is incredible...

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reroll Routine — Steam game cover

    Reroll Routine

    Single-player alternative to Death Standing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Death Standing.

    Reroll Routine is a rolling clicker inspired by autobattler-style shop systems. Buy ROUTINES, earn R€COINS, win the REROLLYMPICS and REROLL your life. One of the past champions, Relder, is here to help you achieve it.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →