Single-player games like Geometry Rift
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Geometry Rift, 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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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Spelunky 2
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
Spelunky 2 builds upon the unique, randomized challenges that made the original a roguelike classic, offering a huge adventure designed to satisfy players old and new. Meet the next generation of explorers as they find themselves on the Moon, searching for treasure and missing family.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Sonic Mania
Single-player alternative to Geometry Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Geometry Rift.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.