Single-player games like Shovel Knight: King of Cards
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Shovel Knight: King of Cards, 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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Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!
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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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ElecHead
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Shovel Knight Dig
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!
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Mina the Hollower
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!
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Shovel Knight Showdown
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: King of Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: King of Cards.
Enter a world of never-ending battle! Duel with up to 4 local challengers and scramble after gems, or take control of your favorite characters, many playable for the first time ever, in Story Mode. Master every move, explore a vast array of items and locales, and discover new revelations.