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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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Gelu page.

Ranked picks

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    Path Maker — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Musasabi — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lilliputian Runner — Steam game cover

    The Lilliputian Runner

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

    Skill-based platformer where color matters!

    2020IndieFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hatup — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crate Knight — Steam game cover

    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

    2022IndieCasualEarly Access0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shuffs — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionSportsStrategy0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Digital Eclipse Arcade: Q.P.I.D. — Steam game cover

    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?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack — Steam game cover

    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!

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DarkLast — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Through Blocks — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Until the last — Steam game cover

    Until the last

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

    Horror with elements of detective...

    2017Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ablepsia — Steam game cover

    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.

    2017IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    illie — Steam game cover

    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.

    2017IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dupio — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Qvabllock — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Freezeer — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →