Single-player games like Operation Empty Quiver
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Operation Empty Quiver, 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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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
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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Valfaris
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
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BUTCHER
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
BUTCHER is a fast-paced, blood-soaked 2D shooter where carnage is the only way forward. Become a ruthless cyborg tasked with eradicating humanity, leaving nothing but blood, guts, and destruction in your wake. There's no such thing as too much violence in this grim, retro-styled gorefest.
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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NOT A HERO
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Professional assassin turned amateur campaign manager Steve is charged with cleaning up the city by an anthropomorphic rabbit and mayoral candidate from the future named BunnyLord.
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Super Meat Boy Forever
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Super Meat Boy is back! This time around Meat Boy is always running, literally it's an auto-runner. You will jump, dive, slide and punch your way through brutal levels and mean boss fights. We designed 5,000+ levels so you can play the game over and over without seeing the same level twice.
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APE OUT
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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Gunpowder on The Teeth: Arcade
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Mega hardcore! In this game you will receive damage first, and only then you will locate the enemy. The implementation of military operations in the classic mechanics of platformer.
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Orbital Patrol: The Lani Goodspeed Story
Single-player alternative to Operation Empty Quiver — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Operation Empty Quiver.
Jet fighter metroidvania. Implementation of planetary and space battles in 2D side-scrolling shooter mechanics. Story from the perspective of Lieutenant Lani Goodspeed on humanity's struggle against an alien invader.