Single-player games like Gensokyo Night Festival
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Gensokyo Night Festival, 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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Touhou Luna Nights
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.
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Rabi-Ribi
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
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Glimmer in Mirror
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.
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Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
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TEVI
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Embark on an epic action-adventure as you slash, dash, and combo your way through a vast, vibrant world. Explore and uncover hidden secrets. Customize your build to triumph in spectacular boss battles. Experience a tale of mystery, magic, and mayhem in TEVI, a bullet hell metroidvania!
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Nyaruru Fishy Fight
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
This game is a Metroidvania game with intense battle. Explore the world and collection power-ups with your cute cat girl! When magic curse suddenly occurred in a small town and all the residents grew cat ears, the real cat girl Nyaruru started her way to uncover the truth...
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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD is a “multi-ending ADV” depicting daily life with “OMGkawaiiAngel”, a young girl with a rather extreme need for approval attempting to become the #1 “Internet Angel” (streamer).
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Record of Lodoss War-Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth-
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
A 2D Metroidvania-style game developed under the supervision of Ryo Mizuno, depicting the story of Deedlit and the events leading up to Record of Lodoss War: Diadem of the Covenant. Use a variety of weapons and spirit powers to unravel the mystery of the labyrinth.
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The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily is a turn-based strategy game. Framed for murdering the Emperor, villainess Scarlet and Lily, fight the Empire as the first Streamers in history. Capture every enemy and turn them into allies for a happy ending... Or execute everyone and become the Demon Queen!
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BLADECHIMERA
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Gensokyo Night Festival.
"NEEDY STREAMER OVERLOAD: Typing of The Net" is a typing game in which you enter internet lingo in a call-and-response format with a girl (OMGkawaiiAngel) who has a strong need for approval.
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Boyhood's End
Single-player alternative to Gensokyo Night Festival — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Early Access with Gensokyo Night Festival.
Boyhood's End is an adventure horror game following Giovanni, the boy with the lowest human score in the universe, and Campenella, the delinquent genius, and their journey on the galactic railroad regarding the "human" and "inhuman".