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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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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The Way
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
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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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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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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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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E.Z
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Return..
E.Z is a simple hardcore platformer game the goal being get across to the other side of each of the 100 levels while each death throws you back to the previous levels.
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Fly'N
Single-player alternative to Return. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Return..
Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!