Single-player games like Haiku, the Robot
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Haiku, the Robot, 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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Lone Fungus
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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Rain World
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Haiku, the Robot.
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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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
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The Last Faith
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Haiku, the Robot.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Astronite
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Astronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
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Blasphemous 2
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
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Afterimage
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.
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SteamWorld Dig 2
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
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Rusty's Retirement
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
A relaxing idle-farming simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things.
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Pegs X Stickers
Single-player alternative to Haiku, the Robot — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Haiku, the Robot.
A pachinko-roguelite about scoring big numbers. Build your board, pop pegs, and discover run-breaking stickers.