Single-player games like SWAM
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SWAM, 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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Hypergalactic Psychic Table Tennis 3000
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
Paddle your balls! The hypergalaxy's premiere video table tennis role playing experience. Explore the hypergalaxies in the year 3000 or so to become the ultimate paddle champion. Learn new skills, cast devastating spells and put someone's underwear on your head whist riding a swamp beast!
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2DGameManias Taken
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
2DGameManias Taken is a 2.5D retro platform game in which you have been Taken by the unknown and you need to fight your way to freedom.
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樱雪集～Yuyuko's Butterfly Dream
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
Yuyuko,A ghost princess who has been dead for thousands of years, she has superpowers to induce death. In a doze, she is lured to a mysterious place full of the breath of the underworld and creation. And around the dead butterflies, recall a thousand years ago story...
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Pikuniku
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
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Lair of the Clockwork God
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
A fast-paced Point-and-Click adventure AND an indie platfomer in one! Join adventurer Ben and wannabe indie darling Dan in a race against time to stop all the Apocalypses happening at the same time.
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Welcome to Hanwell
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell.
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Devolver Bootleg
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
Devolver Bootleg contains eight original rip-offs of Devolver Digital games. Pay money for it now.
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TurnOn
Single-player alternative to SWAM — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SWAM.
"TurnOn" tells the spellbinding tale of a brave alien creature and its striking journey through blackout world, in an incredibly colorful and detailed platformer without platforms.