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Single-player games like Downward: Enhanced Edition

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Downward: Enhanced Edition, 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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    A Story About My Uncle — Steam game cover

    A Story About My Uncle

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. The movement is a crucial part of the games core gameplay – focusing on swinging through the world with a grappling hook that gives the player a wonderful sense of speed and...

    2014IndieAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Valley — Steam game cover

    Valley

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    Explore the vast and beautiful world of Valley using the power of the L.E.A.F. suit: a fierce exoskeleton that grants exceptional speed and agility along with the phenomenal ability to manipulate the life and death of all living things.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DeadCore — Steam game cover

    DeadCore

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst — Steam game cover

    Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.

    2020ActionAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prince of Persia® — Steam game cover

    Prince of Persia®

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...

    2008ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BLACKHOLE — Steam game cover

    BLACKHOLE

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    BLACKHOLE is an award-winning hardcore platformer with over 15 hours of story-driven sci-fi comedy and gravity-twisting puzzles. Complete Edition out now!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Windlands — Steam game cover

    Windlands

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    A first person grappling hook exploration game.Soar through the ruins of a fallen world and discover the secrets of the ancients. Designed with full Virtual Reality support for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, also works great in Non VR.

    2016IndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skelattack — Steam game cover

    Skelattack

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    Play Skelattack and save the Underworld in this fun action platformer! Together with your best bat friend Imber, you jump, slash, and flap your way though the Underworld and stop the human threat!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™ — Steam game cover

    Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.

    2008ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mirror's Edge™ — Steam game cover

    Mirror's Edge™

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.

    2009ActionAdventure6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hot Lava — Steam game cover

    Hot Lava

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Star Overdrive — Steam game cover

    Star Overdrive

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    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!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OkunoKA Madness — Steam game cover

    OkunoKA Madness

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    Test your reflexes and coordination with more than 100 levels to complete and 3 speedrun modes. Do You have what it takes?

    2020ActionIndie8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lola's Familiars: Prison of Argnoh — Steam game cover

    Lola's Familiars: Prison of Argnoh

    Single-player alternative to Downward: Enhanced Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Downward: Enhanced Edition.

    Escape a demonic underworld prison in this stunning anime inspired lite-vania adventure. Explore mysterious magical realms, forge pacts with powerful Familiar bosses, uncover dark secrets, and guide Lola through an emotional journey of growth in a haunting dark fantasy world.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →