Single-player games like Attempt[42]
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Attempt[42], 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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Do Up
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Do Up is a minimalist, troll-like 3D parkour game. Your goal? Finish in the shortest time possible.
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CaS-Puz: Camera Surface Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Attempt[42].
Your perspective changes the world. In this hardcore platformer, the existence of walls depends on the angle of your camera. A seemingly impassable level will transform once you look from a different angle, and every careless jump and camera movement can turn into a flight into the void.
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circloO
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
circloO is a colorful physics platformer in a round level. The level grows, so you'll have to avoid and use obstacles in everchanging ways. Enjoy a huge variety of physics challenges, from a sea of tiny blocks to planets with a gravity field! Make your own levels or play thousands of fanmade levels!
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Neon Heights
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Attempt[42].
In this 3D precision platformer jump and climb your way thorough various obstacles while trying to reach the top of the level. Be sure to use all the tools and skills you gain along the way to help aid you in reaching the goal at the end of the level. One misstep and you'll fall back to the bottom.
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DitherDream
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
A trippy little puzzle exploration game. Let the world guide you through a strange and uniquely beautiful archipelago.
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Lost Bits
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Attempt[42].
Lost Bits is an abstract precision platformer, where your goal is to collect all the small cubes and avoid different obstacles. If you touch any obstacle your hero will decay into bits and you will start over again. Guide the cube through the deadly obstacles and collect all the lost bits.
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Lost Keys
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Attempt[42].
In Lost Keys, you are in the role of a little boy, who got lost in a place full of dangers, embark on this adventure journey, overcome all obstacles and help Breno to return home!
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Spectrum
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Spectrum is a short puzzle-platformer about color in a dull world. Explore over 100+ levels of tight, puzzle-platforming to become the king of all colors. Switch colors to interact with a multitude of mechanics that allow for deep, complex interaction.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Attempt[42].
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Mirror's Edge™
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Attempt[42].
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.
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Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Attempt[42].
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.
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Akin
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
In this puzzle, you only have to draw one continuous line. There are 96 puzzles on "Normal"-mode and 96 puzzles in "Time"-mode. Each puzzles can have many different solutions. This is game is Steamworks integrated with achivements, badges, trading cards and more.
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Linked
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Relaxing, minimalistic 2d-puzzle game.
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Puzzle Cube
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Three in a row, but in 3d!
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Square n Fair
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Relaxing puzzle platformer.
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Felix Jumpman
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Attempt[42].
This action platformer takes place on the asteroids of far away worlds. You have to jump from asteroid to asteroid in 30+ mind bending levels in order to get through the level as fast as possible. Normal Game Mode - More that 30 handcrafted levels.
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Akin Vol 2
Single-player alternative to Attempt[42] — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Attempt[42].
Once again, you only have to draw one continuous line.