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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Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
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Magical Delicacy
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Alwa's Legacy.
A magical pixel art platformer. Explore an unfamiliar town and deliver tasty treats to the townsfolk. Cook magical delicacies from your bought and gathered ingredients. Learn new ways to traverse, discover secrets, and figure out the intricacies of your orders.
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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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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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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to Alwa's Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alwa's Legacy.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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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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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.