Single-player games like Ember Knights
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Ember Knights, 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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Children of Morta
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
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BlazBlue Entropy Effect
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Enjoy action-packed flashy combat with incredibly satisfying combos and responsive controls! Numerous characters, each with completely unique playstyles and loads of unlockable moves & upgrades! This action roguelike sets the bar for fluid fast-paced action.
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Ravenswatch
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Fallen heroes of old folk tales and legends: you are on the verge of a crucial battle against the Nightmare invading and corrupting your world. A roguelike action game from the creators of Curse of the Dead Gods©, playable solo or in online co-op.
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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Streets of Rogue
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.
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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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Rotwood
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.
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Astral Ascent
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ember Knights.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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Windblown
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ember Knights.
Dash, dive and defy the Vortex. A lightning-fast, 1-3 player co-op roguelite from the crafters of Dead Cells, where every run is a leap into chaos. Absorb the powers of fallen warriors, rebuild their weapons, and WIPE THE FLOOR with anything that gets in the way of a perfect run.
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Nine Parchments
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Ember Knights.
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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UnderMine
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
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Conan Chop Chop
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
Conan Chop Chop is a party roguelite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!
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Voidigo
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ember Knights.
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
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Legends of Starkadia
Single-player alternative to Ember Knights — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Ember Knights.
Legends of Starkadia is a quirky turn-based RPG full of quick-time events and action-packed adventure! The Starkadian Empire is under attack by one of their own and it’s up to a team of unlikely heroes to assist the resistance to restore peace by defeating Niko and his legion of interstellar armies.