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Single-player games like Pikuniku

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Pikuniku, 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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    BattleBlock Theater® — Steam game cover

    BattleBlock Theater®

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.

    2014ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overcooked! 2 — Steam game cover

    Overcooked! 2

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Overcooked returns with a brand-new helping of chaotic cooking action! Journey back to the Onion Kingdom and assemble your team of chefs in classic couch co-op or online play for up to four players. Hold onto your aprons… it’s time to save the world again!

    2018ActionIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Never BreakUp — Steam game cover

    Never BreakUp

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Never BreakUp is joyful party game allows you to play alone or with friends. To help or trap each other,All depand on you ! No matter win or loose, Never BreakUp!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Yooka-Laylee — Steam game cover

    Yooka-Laylee

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    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!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Untitled Goose Game — Steam game cover

    Untitled Goose Game

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    It's a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.

    2020ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Jackbox Party Pack 2 — Steam game cover

    The Jackbox Party Pack 2

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Pikuniku.

    The sequel to the party game phenomenon The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring FIVE fresh, rib-tickling party games! Your phones or tablets are your controllers – no big mess of controllers needed. For up to 8 players plus an Audience of up to 10,000! It’s a game-night riot in a box… without the box!

    2015StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Overcooked — Steam game cover

    Overcooked

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out in a huff.

    2016ActionIndieSimulation16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Human Fall Flat — Steam game cover

    Human Fall Flat

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pikuniku.

    Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Yoku's Island Express — Steam game cover

    Yoku's Island Express

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pikuniku.

    Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wandersong — Steam game cover

    Wandersong

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pikuniku.

    A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ooblets — Steam game cover

    Ooblets

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pikuniku.

    Ooblets is a relaxing and offbeat farming, town life, and creature collection game. Manage your farm, grow and train your ooblets, explore strange lands, and have dance-offs!

    2023IndieAdventureSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion — Steam game cover

    Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Play as an adorable yet trouble-making turnip. Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slime Rancher — Steam game cover

    Slime Rancher

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rain on Your Parade — Steam game cover

    Rain on Your Parade

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Travel the world as a cute cardboard cloud and ruin everybody's day! Unlock new methods of mischief in over 50 levels, each with unique setting and objectives. This is an adorable schadenfreude simulator!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Children of Morta — Steam game cover

    Children of Morta

    Single-player alternative to Pikuniku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pikuniku.

    Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?

    2019ActionIndieAdventure21.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →