Single-player games like GRIME
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to GRIME, 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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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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Vigil: The Longest Night
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
- 3
HunterX
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
HunterX is an action-adventure game full of spirited battles. Use various styles of weapons and magic to experience your own fighting style and explore a great world.
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HunterX: code name T
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
HunterX: code name T is an action adventure with fast and stylish combat. Perfect your own fighting style using various weapon actions and magic, and explore an ever-greater world.
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GRIME II
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.
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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Afterimage
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
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Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with GRIME.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with GRIME.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
- 12
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with GRIME.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with GRIME.
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.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Silk
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with GRIME.
Enter the biggest handcrafted open world of all time, fifty times larger than Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall! Explore three million square miles of uncharted terrain from Roman Damascus to Three Kingdoms China in an exploration RPG that transports you onto the Ancient Silk Road of 200AD.
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Once a Pawn a King
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with GRIME.
Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.
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Slingbot Survivors
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
A fast-paced roguelite auto-shooter where you move using a grappling hook. Swing, sling, and survive against hordes of alien enemies.
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Chef Knight
Single-player alternative to GRIME — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with GRIME.
Cook what you kill in this cozy fantasy incremental game! Dive into dangerous dungeons, harvest fresh monster ingredients, and serve delicious dishes to hungry adventurers. Slay, cook, sell and upgrade your way to a sprawling dungeon-food empire!