Single-player games like Return.
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Return., 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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Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge is a 2D Old School Action Platformer in which the mission of the player is to smash as many pumpkins as possible.
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Noitu Love 2: Devolution
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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Bike Dash Excite!
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Return..
Check out this simple motorcycle racing minigame created with Pixel Game Maker MV! Tame your wild and jacked-up bike to fly through the various stages and rub your awesome clear times in your opponents’ faces!
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Out There Somewhere
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
You play an explorer stranded on a dangerous alien planet. Low on fuel, your only hope for escape is to find the planet’s core in this incredibly clever action-puzzle-platformer.
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Savage Halloween
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
In Savage Halloween the world is taken over by monsters from the afterlife who were trapped in the Earth after a Halloween party, and now they have decided to make their new home here.
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LOVE
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
Love is a reductive platforming game with a retro aesthetic and a focus on a challenging difficulty. It has an custom respawn system, 16 levels, 12 track soundtrack, competitive scoring, and a simple-to-use level creation feature.
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Escape Goat
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
Escape Goat is a puzzle platformer where you take control of a goat, who has been imprisoned for witchcraft, and overcome traps and obstacles to escape the Prison of Agnus. Fear not, for with your supreme agility, sturdy horns, and the help of a magic mouse friend, you can turn the tables on foes and use the environment to your advantage.