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Single-player games like Woodboy

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Woodboy, 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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    Spindle — Steam game cover

    Spindle

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Woodboy.

    SPINDLE is an old-school action-adventure about death and the many ways we choose to deal with it. With your trusty Pig by your side, you form a most curious team, embarking on a quest to learn what it truly means to be Death.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knightin'+ — Steam game cover

    Knightin'+

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Woodboy.

    Join brave sir Lootalot on his epic quest in this little Zelda-lite adventure. Explore and fight your way through the dangerous dungeons filled with traps, puzzles and magical artifacts. And, of course, show the evil bosses who is the real boss here.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture — Steam game cover

    Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Woodboy.

    A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Apple Slash — Steam game cover

    Apple Slash

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Woodboy.

    Repel an invasion of mysterious charming creatures in a vast murky marshland. Strike your foes in a God-like slash-based manner and experience ambiguous encounters brimming with personality.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pig Eat Ball — Steam game cover

    Pig Eat Ball

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Woodboy.

    Pig Eat Ball is a top-down, action-adventure about eating, getting fat, and barfing on things to solve levels. Explore 20 giant space stations to find different Disguises, and using their Pros and Cons, fight and solve your way through over 200 action-puzzle levels using new, arcade-style mechanics.

    2018IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alwa's Legacy — Steam game cover

    Alwa's Legacy

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Woodboy.

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stranger Things 3: The Game — Steam game cover

    Stranger Things 3: The Game

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Woodboy.

    Stranger Things 3: The Game is the official companion game to Season 3 of the hit original series! Play through familiar events from the series while also uncovering never-before-seen quests, character interactions, and secrets!

    2019ActionAdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minit — Steam game cover

    Minit

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Woodboy.

    Minit is a peculiar little adventure played sixty seconds at a time.

    2018IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whitehaven — Steam game cover

    Whitehaven

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Woodboy.

    Uncover the mysteries of Whitehaven Orphanage in this first-person psychological horror game. Explore the place, collect clues and put the pieces together to find out what happened years ago as you delve deep into your mind.

    2021Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Evergreen - Mountain Life Simulator — Steam game cover

    Evergreen - Mountain Life Simulator

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Evergreen is a simulation game about leaving the stress of the city behind and starting a new life in a mountain valley.

    2023Simulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BEASTWATCH: Meat & Mayhem — Steam game cover

    BEASTWATCH: Meat & Mayhem

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Woodboy.

    Beastwatch is a retro-style horror shooter in which you play a security guard working his first night in a slaughterhouse.

    2024Action11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crack it Up! — Steam game cover

    Crack it Up!

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Crack it Up! is a trading card collecting game. Order booster packs from your 90s computer, crack them up, sell your duplicates and rarest cards for profit and complete your collections!

    2024Casual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Miseria — Steam game cover

    Miseria

    Single-player alternative to Woodboy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Woodboy.

    Miseria is a dark fantasy idle incremental game in which you lead a party of damned souls through the depths of the world.

    2026IndieSimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →