Single-player games like Bad Pad
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Bad Pad, 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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Bad Run - Turbo Edition
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
Bad Run is a spin-off of Bad Pad, featuring a casual action packed, runner metroidvania platformer.
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Binky's Trash Service
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
Storm evil lairs... and take out the trash! Play as BINKY in a perilous, precision platformer where you run a garbage collection service for EVIL LAIRS! Optimize your speedrun strats and empty all the trash in 15 unique and colorful mini-Metroidvania maps!
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Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
Eight years have passed since the battle against Dracula, the hero of Transylvania who succumbed to the power of darkness. However, peace is once again in danger. A pair of young alchemists will fight against the curse of the demon who goes by the name Nosferatu.
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Green Marquis
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
Green Marquis can change gravity Use the geometry of the level to solve puzzles.
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Super Mombo Quest
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
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Smelter
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.
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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Bad Pad.
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
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Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
Flow gracefully through a colorful, hand-drawn 2.5D action platformer inspired by Japanese folklore. Engage in acrobatic aerial combat, unlock powerful mystical abilities, and explore an interconnected world of myth as you seek to unravel the mysteries of your origin.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Bad Pad.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Pad.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Bad Pad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Bad Pad.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.