Single-player games like The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup, 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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Pets at Work
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
Some pets got lost from their owners in an office and now need to work together, using boxes, mats, buttons, climb on shelves and tables or just make a mess trying to find them in this colorful local co-op game!
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Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
London, 1888: The people of Whitechapel live under the ghastly shadow of Jack the Ripper, tempting Arthurian legends - Du Lac & Fey - back to English shores to intervene. Will they stop Jack before more blood is spilt on the cobbled streets? Victorian London awaits you...
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Minute of Islands
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
Explore strange and wonderful islands and dark labyrinths below in this narrative puzzle platformer. Guide young mechanic Mo on her quest to repair a world on the brink of collapse. The powerful Omni Switch at your disposal may not be enough to fix the damage that hides beneath the surface...
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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The Crow's Eye
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
In an abandoned medical university, test your intellectual might as you unravel a 20-year-old mystery in this depraved first-person puzzle adventure, doing what it takes to escape your fate as a macabre scientist's human experiment. The ends justify the means in The Crow’s Eye.
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INMOST
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
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FEZ
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Unlikely Legend of Rusty Pup.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.