Single-player games like Purple Heart
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Purple Heart, 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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Pukan Bye Bye
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Created to enrage.
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Dark Sauce
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Take gold from the dragon, and not become a barbecue. Colorful cubic platformer about pig and dragon
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The Way
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
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Expelled
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Expelled - the adventure of a rabbit on dangerous planets, and all in order to use the only chance to get out of prison and return home to his wife and children.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
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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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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1001 Spikes
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Purple Heart.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Zero Symptom
Single-player alternative to Purple Heart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Purple Heart.
The Covid vaccine has turned some of the population into monsters. Will you be able to stop the zombie apocalypse and create a new vaccine, or will you turn to the dark side in this first-person horror shooter with consequences for your choices.