Single-player games like Gelu
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Gelu, 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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Path Maker
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
Path Maker is a 2D puzzle-platformer game where each level is unfinished and must be fixed before you can complete it. Use a number of in-game editor tools to place additional objects and reach the star in order to progress through the game.
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Musasabi
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
This platform acorn shooter is all about momentum, never stop moving and sticking to the ceiling and walls, run, jump and glide like a flying squirrel, power-ups included, collect diamonds save gnomes and defeat lots of enemies.
- 3

The Lilliputian Runner
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gelu.
Skill-based platformer where color matters!
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Hatup
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
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Crate Knight
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
Solve the puzzles by using the environment interactions as Lancelot in this puzzle platformer game. If you find more keys, you will be able to get closer to the more difficult puzzles
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Shuffs
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gelu.
A physics-based puzzle platforming adventure through cursed swamps, anarchic farmland and a gang of giant knife-wielding cockroaches.
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Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D.
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
Rescue cats! Collect hearts! Defy the laws of physics! Q.P.I.D. is part platformer, part physics puzzler, part race against the clock. Did we mention the cats?
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gelu.
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
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DarkLast
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gelu.
DarkLast - horror in the dark. You have to understand your dark past. The forest is preparing you a lot of surprises. Your task - to get out of the uncharted forest. Swamps and thickets is only a small part of what you will meet.
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Through Blocks
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gelu.
You control two players by the same pressing. Your task is to adjust the situation to yourself so that you can perform all the necessary actions.
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Until the last
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gelu.
Horror with elements of detective...
- 12

Ablepsia
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
Game about a blind old man. Who includes street lights. Because the whole world is in darkness. The blind man can only stop, using the space bar. Help him to lighten the dark cities. Avoiding obstacles using the left mouse button.
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illie
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
Using your keyboard to move, you need to clear your path to exit by stepping in every available tile just once. How long will you take to beat the 60 levels? Most of them have more than one way to finish. “illie” is a tile based puzzle game.
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Dupio
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
«Dupio» — is an addictive and difficult arcade game, with minimalistic gameplay. Where you should use both hands. Dodge your way to the high score, using keyboard and mouse.
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Qvabllock
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
«Qvabllock» — pixemalism game with elements of puzzle, with minimalistic gameplay. Collect all the colored squares to take the main green and go through all 30 levels.
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Freezeer
Single-player alternative to Gelu — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Gelu.
«Freezeer» — is a love story puzzle platformer. Kiss your girlfriend but do not freeze her. To do this, you need to melt yourself on the red block. Beware of ice blocks because they can kill you.