Single-player games like Alwa's Legacy
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Alwa's Legacy, 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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Alwa's Awakening
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alwa's Legacy.
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
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Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alwa's Legacy.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!
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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
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A Void Hope
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alwa's Legacy.
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.