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Single-player games like Mahou Arms

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Mahou Arms, 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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    Soulstice — Steam game cover

    Soulstice

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mahou Arms.

    Explore a dark world brimming with hidden mysteries, master a diverse combat system, and inhabit the dual forces of two sisters in a coming-of-age dark fantasy story with fast-paced action, vicious enemies, and spectacular boss fights.

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rhapsody in Scarlet — Steam game cover

    Rhapsody in Scarlet

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mahou Arms.

    Set in the jazz-filled streets of 1920s New York, magus Ellie Myers embarks on a journey to confront a threat that could shake the world. Experience exhilarating combat and stack up combos with beasts and magick in this all-new action adventure game!

    ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cenk The Chopper — Steam game cover

    Cenk The Chopper

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mahou Arms.

    Cenk The Chopper is a fast paced hack-and-slash game. Fight through hordes of mutants and robots in a world you've made go to hell. Chop 'em up everything you see till the end of it.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Homura Hime — Steam game cover

    Homura Hime

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mahou Arms.

    Homura Hime is an anime-style 3D action game merging exhilarating thrills with the tension-filled gameplay of bullet hell. Players dodge hails of projectiles, unleash combos that blend close-quarters and ranged attacks, and utilize dodges and parries to withstand the fierce onslaught of demons.

    2026ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Devil May Cry 5 — Steam game cover

    Devil May Cry 5

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mahou Arms.

    The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.

    2019Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bayonetta — Steam game cover

    Bayonetta

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mahou Arms.

    PlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.

    2017ActionAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hi-Fi RUSH — Steam game cover

    Hi-Fi RUSH

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mahou Arms.

    Test your abilities in two new game modes, uncover new rewards and even a few secrets in the Arcade Challenge! Update! Feel the beat as wannabe rockstar Chai and his ragtag team fight against an evil megacorp in a world that syncs to the music.

    2023Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Onechanbara Z2: Chaos — Steam game cover

    Onechanbara Z2: Chaos

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mahou Arms.

    Onechanbara Z2: Chaos is the latest entry in the Onechanbara series. Two sets of buxom vampire sisters battle through over a dozen stages of high-octane real-time swordplay. Fight off the invasion in gruesome detail, occasionally transforming into a demon for short bursts of added power and speed.

    2016Action39.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NieR:Automata™ — Steam game cover

    NieR:Automata™

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mahou Arms.

    NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

    2017ActionRPG15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound — Steam game cover

    NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Mahou Arms.

    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.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos — Steam game cover

    Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Mahou Arms.

    From Dischan Media, creators of the highly acclaimed Juniper's Knot, comes Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos.Dysfunctional Systems is a visual novel series featuring Winter Harrison, a student mediator from a utopian world. Learning to Manage Chaos is the first entry in the series.What is a mediator?

    2013IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation — Steam game cover

    Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school.

    2017IndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Juniper's Knot — Steam game cover

    Juniper's Knot

    Single-player alternative to Mahou Arms — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Juniper's Knot is a short (~30 mins) kinetic novel about the meeting of a demon and a boy. A kinetic novel is a game that uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story.

    2017IndieCasualFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →