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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    ICEY — Steam game cover

    ICEY

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

    ICEY is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a META game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through ICEY's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator will constantly urge you in one direction, but you must ask, "Why? Why am I following his directions?“ Obey? Rebel?

    2016ActionAdventureRPG3.84 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-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.

    2017IndieCasualFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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