Single-player games like Gish
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Gish, 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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Furry Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
Furry Chronicles is a classic sidescrolling platformer game with challenging levels and puzzles - jump, run, earn rewards, fight monsters, avoid traps, unlock premium features, use different heroes, and have fun.
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Trine Enchanted Edition
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Pikuniku
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Gish.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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And Yet It Moves
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
And Yet It Moves is a puzzle-platformer, set in a unique world, made of ripped paper. Within the paper-collage you can jump, run and last but certainly not least: rotate the world. Learn how to apply the physical consequences of rotation to master the many tricky situations you may encounter.
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Building Block Heroes
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
Building Block Heroes is a puzzle block platformer (with boss fights!) in which you use coloured blocks to build pathways around each level. Grab a friend and construct your own means to save the Jollyfolk!
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Building Block Heroes: Rush Edition
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
Building Block Heroes: Rush Edition is a faster-paced stand-alone expansion for Building Block Heroes, made for those who enjoyed the core mechanics of the original but preferred a pick-up-and-play experience!
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gish.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Surgeon Simulator
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gish.
Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?
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Human Fall Flat
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gish.
Human Fall Flat is a hilarious, light-hearted platformer set in floating dreamscapes that can be played solo or with up to 8 players online. Free new levels keep its vibrant community rewarded.
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Golf for Workgroups
Single-player alternative to Gish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gish.
Golf for Workgroups is a competently designed golf course, ball, player and cart simulation with a swing component designed to be satisfying. Up to four players each navigate a biped around a height field texture mapped to look like a golf hole.