Single-player games like Dig Dog
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Dig Dog, 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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Caveblazers
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Caveblazers is a challenging and brutal roguelike platformer. Journey into a mysterious cave, fighting orcs and goblins with an abundance of weapons and magical items! Make friends along the way, then watch in despair as they are crushed in to a bloody pulp under a troll's fist.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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30XX
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dig Dog.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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Just Get Through
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Just Get Through is a randomly generated platformer with roguelike elements. Featuring a destructible environment, sandbox mode, user-created levels, various gamemodes, hardcore mode, color palettes, deadly traps, explosions and more.
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ScourgeBringer
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
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Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canines
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dig Dog.
Swing, jump, and blast through dimensions in the follow-up to the critically-acclaimed 2D action-platformer Grapple Dog. Zip between action-packed worlds as Pablo and Luna team up to save the cosmos in their own unique ways.
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Retro Game Crunch
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Retro Game Crunch is a series of 7 games, full of the charm and challenge of the 8-bit generation. Each world feels like an authentic NES classic. A massive genre-spanning collection.
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Astro Duel
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Astro Duel is a competitive local multiplayer party game. Rounds are quick and death is sudden. Blast your friends into space. Run over their helpless bodies for good measure.
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Astro Duel 2
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Astro Duel 2 is a sci-fi combat game combining top-down space dog fights with up-close platforming action. Whether versus or co-op, battle through space and on foot at the same time! Strike within the fully-destructible arenas or just nuke ‘em from orbit.
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Train Bandit
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
THE LAW!! Looks to be a showdown atop a train. This will be your last fight. Good luck, Train Bandit.
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Box Cat Bash
Single-player alternative to Dig Dog — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dig Dog.
Cars are falling from the sky? Time to get smashing, Box Cat!