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Single-player games like Hippocampus

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Hippocampus, 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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    Crowned In Steel — Steam game cover

    Crowned In Steel

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

    Crush your enemies, break your chains, and carve your way to the warlord who burned your land. A skill-based action-adventure with brutal combat and full dismemberment.

    ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blasphemous — Steam game cover

    Blasphemous

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

    Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Onimusha: Way of the Sword — Steam game cover

    Onimusha: Way of the Sword

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

    An Oni Gauntlet-wielding samurai makes a stand in Kyoto against the encroaching Genma menace. Through gritty, blood-soaked brawls, he searches for his reason to fight. What fate awaits at the end of his path?

    2026ActionAdventureRPG69.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Thymesia — Steam game cover

    Thymesia

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

    Thymesia is a gruelling action-RPG with fast-paced combat and an intricate plague weapon system. In a kingdom where death spreads, play as a mysterious character known by the code name "Corvus". Prey upon your enemies, wield the power of disease and find the truth in your own memories.

    2022Action24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection] — Steam game cover

    NINJA GAIDEN 3: Razor's Edge [NINJA GAIDEN: Master Collection]

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

    3 high speed ninja action titles are now available in one package!

    2021ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blade of Darkness — Steam game cover

    Blade of Darkness

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

    Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.

    2021ActionRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slain 2: The Beast Within — Steam game cover

    Slain 2: The Beast Within

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

    A brutal gothic hack-and-slash where steel and savagery collide. As Prince Akran, wield the sentient blade Bathoryn, embrace your werewolf fury, and battle through a dying world against the forces of Vroll. The quest begins now.

    2026ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition — Steam game cover

    Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition

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

    Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.

    2019ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ravenous Devils — Steam game cover

    Ravenous Devils

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

    A horror cooking simulator where the secret ingredient is crime. Improve your shops, buy new tools, expand your menu, and above all, make your customers happy.

    2022IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    While We Wait Here — Steam game cover

    While We Wait Here

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

    Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

    2024AdventureSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sexual Void — Steam game cover

    Sexual Void

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

    Nothing in here, except Vicky, sexy outfits and a JOI game

    2020IndieSimulationCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →