Single-player games like Mike Dies
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Mike Dies, 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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Rochard
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mike Dies.
Fast-paced platforming action and mind-bending puzzles based on gravity
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Beyond Gravity
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mike Dies.
Beyond Gravity is procedurally generated "platformer" where you jump in-between planets and try to collect as many pickups as you can. This gets progressively harder the further you jump. No need to worry tho as you can upgrade your character with loads of upgrades and power-ups!
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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mike Dies.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler. Using special high-tech gloves to manipulate cubes in the environment, the player solves an array of conundrums - from physics-based challenges; to 3D jigsaws; to platform-based trials.
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PLANET ALPHA
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mike Dies.
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
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Bionic Bay
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mike Dies.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
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Capsized
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mike Dies.
Capsized is a fast paced 2D platformer focused on intense action and exploration. As a intrepid space traveler, your ship has crash landed on a mysterious alien planet. You must navigate through the perilous environment and fight off blood-thirsty creatures to save your crewmates and escape with your lives!
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A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mike Dies.
You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.
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Intrusion 2
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mike Dies.
"This is some of the most fun I've had with a game so far this year, and it will go down as one of the best side-scrolling shooters of all time." - 9/10, Destructoid
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Mike Dies.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Dark Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Mike Dies — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mike Dies.
Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?