Single-player games like One Dog Story
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to One Dog Story, 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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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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Unbound: Worlds Apart
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One Dog Story.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Rabi-Ribi
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Apotheon
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.
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Commander Keen
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with One Dog Story.
Commander Keen: Invasion of the Vorticons: Episode 1: Marooned on Mars (Dec. 14th 1990) Episode 2: The Earth Explodes (1991) Episode 3: Keen Must Die! (1991) Commander Keen's very first adventure, and the debut of id's groundbreaking side-scrolling technology.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Full Bore
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with One Dog Story.
Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.
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Bio Menace
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with One Dog Story.
You are Snake Logan, a top CIA operative who likes to do things his own way. Metro City has fallen under the attack of hideous mutants and your mission is to fly recon over the city and report back. While circling over the city you're shot down by hostile forces and forced to crash land on the streets of Metro.
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BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
BDSM is the first satirical action RPG where you get to play Lou, Satan’s son! Get some booze, kill the traitors, save Hell and rescue the hottest demoness from the clutches of those nasty people and mega-corporations!
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Death, Soul & Robots
Single-player alternative to One Dog Story — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with One Dog Story.
In this captivating Metroidvania game you will take on the role of a cute kitty cat on its mission to find the soul of Planet 42 to rescue the Earth. Fight enemies and bosses, solve puzzles and explore levels in this fascinating game.