Single-player games like Shio
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Shio, 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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Spectrolite
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
Spectrolite is a challenging first-person platformer set in futuristic environments. Combine parkouring with powerful abilities, test your skills in fast paced timed challenges, and follow the call of a mysterious specter while traveling through a ruined world.
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Into The Sky
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
In this first-person puzzle platformer you will try to figure out the right way through each level and afterwards can try to improve your timings by finiding hidden paths and secret short cuts. Your goals are to sucessfully finish a level as well as to beat the fastest time of our level designers.
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Cloud Escape
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
CLOUD ESCAPE is a fast-paced 3D precision platformer with countless traps, obstacles and cool movement mechanics.
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Celerity
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
Celerity is a fast-paced FPS parkour game. Use Wall Running, Grappling Hooks, Hookshots and many more, chain your moves and never lose momentum.
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A Night at the Races
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
Play as a guy who is trying to beat a platformer to pay his debts.
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Little Triangle
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
Little Triangle has the most complete platformer experience among many others. All three game modes including single player mode, local co-op mode and local mini Battle Royale mode are all well polished and hilarious!
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PARKOUR CIVILIZATION
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
Parkour Civilization! Progress from a noob to a god by mastering parkour courses, crafting parkour gadgets, and solving parkour puzzles. It's even more fun with friends!
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Widget Satchel
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
Get widgets, build doohickeys, and do mischief on a space station in the far future as Sprocket the Ferret! Escape your playpen and make your way to the shuttlebay with the most stuff!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shio.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Super World War
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The world has gone mad, it's time to unleash chaos! Super World War is a turn based strategy game for up to 4 players. Take control of wild leaders and wage war in solo, local multiplayer or online.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
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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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Shio — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shio.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.