Single-player games like Heidelberg 1693
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Heidelberg 1693, 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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Infernax
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
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Slain: Back from Hell
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.
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Odallus: The Dark Call
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
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They Bleed Pixels
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
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Bleak Sword DX
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.
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Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
Saint Slayer is an NES-style 2D action game, featuring loads of stages, enemies, and gore set against the backdrop of late-17th century Europe. Play as the ex-soldier Rudiger and wield the Spear of Sacrilege as you save the Holy Roman Empire from the corrupt Catholic priest Father Pacer.
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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Heidelberg 1693.
Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.
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Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heidelberg 1693.
Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. Taking cues from both Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts and giving birth to something entirely new, Resurrection is a title worthy of its name.
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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heidelberg 1693.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
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1917 - The Alien Invasion DX
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
1917 - The Alien Invasions is a bullet hell memorization shooter. Dr. Brunhild Stahlmüller upgrades an WW1 Triplane with superior alien technology to attack the invaders. She will avenge mankind and take the battle into the darkness of space until she reach an ancient alien world.
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SturmFront - The Mutant War: Übel Edition
Single-player alternative to Heidelberg 1693 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heidelberg 1693.
Arcade action game in the vein of Commando, Ikari Warriors and Shock Troopers, mixed with bullet hell elements. You play as an experimental cyborg battle unit fighting against unrelenting mutant hordes to a soundtrack of aggressive heavy metal and psychedelic electronica.