Single-player games like ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!, 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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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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Streets of Rogue
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Yooka-Laylee
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Yooka-Laylee is an all-new open-world platformer from genre veterans Playtonic! Explore huge, beautiful worlds, meet an unforgettable cast of characters and horde a vault-load of collectibles as buddy-duo Yooka and Laylee embark on an epic adventure to thwart corporate creep Capital B!
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Card Hog
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!
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Conan Chop Chop
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Conan Chop Chop is a party roguelite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!
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Spelunky 2
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
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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Sonic Mania
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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Dancing with Ghosts
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Dancing with Ghosts is an uplifting narrative game about learning to live after loss. Befriend a cheery ghost and earn the good karma that recovers her memories by dancing, making roti, and helping your neighbors around a lively Thai river village, finding healing in every connection you make.
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Kimono Cats
Single-player alternative to ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!.
Pop bubbles, collect coins, and build a dream cat village in Kimono Cats – an uplifting festival adventure set in old Japan!