Single-player games like Hippocampus
Below are 12 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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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?
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Crowned In Steel
Single-player alternative to Hippocampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
Crush, stab, slice, rend, break, maim and decapitate your enemies in a skill-based action-adventure with brutal combat and full dismemberment.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black
Single-player alternative to Hippocampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hippocampus.
Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.
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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.
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Mortal Shell
Single-player alternative to Hippocampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hippocampus.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
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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.
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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.
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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
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My Eerie Lair
Single-player alternative to Hippocampus — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A dark cozy ‘Romantasy’ furnishing game where a vampire kidnaps his beloved and tries to win her heart by turning his eerie castle into their dream home.