Single-player games like Climbing Forever
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Climbing Forever, 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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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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INSIDE
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project. INSIDE is a dark, narrative-driven platformer combining intense action with challenging puzzles. It has been critically acclaimed for its moody art style, ambient soundtrack and unsettling atmosphere.
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Cult of the Lamb
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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LIMBO
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO
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Absolum
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
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ANTONBLAST
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Climbing Forever — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Climbing Forever.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.