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Single-player games like Escape Zolstar

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Escape Zolstar, 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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    Juno's Darkest Hour — Steam game cover

    Juno's Darkest Hour

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Juno’s Darkest Hour is a simple but challenging 2D action adventure platformer game inspired by the side-scrollers of the past. Explore the secrets of a vast monochromatic world. Will you succeed against all odds, or will you die over and over again?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zolg — Steam game cover

    Zolg

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Zolg is a minimalist top-down shooter where you explore, fight enemies, collect powerups, and defeat bosses.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    1 Screen Platformer — Steam game cover

    1 Screen Platformer

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Odallus: The Dark Call — Steam game cover

    Odallus: The Dark Call

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DOOMBLADE — Steam game cover

    DOOMBLADE

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cyber Shadow — Steam game cover

    Cyber Shadow

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.

    2021ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight — Steam game cover

    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda — Steam game cover

    A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    You are the ultimate weapon with an ultimate sidekick – Collect secret items and get power ups to become the perfect weapon.

    2011ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon of Zolthan — Steam game cover

    Dungeon of Zolthan

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Dungeon of Zolthan is a casual, arcade-style metroidvania platformer where your goal is to defeat Zolthan; a powerful mage that lives inside the dungeon. Using an array of powerups and your own wit and guile, guide your character through Zolthan's Dungeon!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chessformer — Steam game cover

    Chessformer

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.

    2022StrategyCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Isotiles - Isometric Puzzle Game — Steam game cover

    Isotiles - Isometric Puzzle Game

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Isotiles is an isometric puzzle game played on a grid. The goal of the game is to turn all of the blue tiles red and then reach the exit tile. There are 50 levels to play through with increasing difficulty and added obstacles.

    2017StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kombine — Steam game cover

    Kombine

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Kombine is a minimalist puzzle game played on a grid. The goal is to remove all of the blocks that have borders by matching three or more of the same blocks together.

    2016StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Puzzle Tactics — Steam game cover

    Puzzle Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Puzzle Tactics is a turn-based and grid-based tactics game played in various small levels. You play as the blue team with the goal of defeating the red team's units before losing your own. Later levels are more difficult and introduce more unit types in battle.

    2017StrategyIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Isotiles 2 — Steam game cover

    Isotiles 2

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    Isotiles 2 is an isometric puzzle game and the sequel to Isotiles. Like the first game, the main goal of each level is to remove all the blue tiles and then get to the exit tile. The game features all new levels and some new tile types as well for more interesting puzzles.

    2019StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BRDG — Steam game cover

    BRDG

    Single-player alternative to Escape Zolstar — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Escape Zolstar.

    BRDG is a puzzle game about pushing blocks and making bridges.

    2020IndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →