Single-player games like Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch, 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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Cosmic Star Heroine
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
3 exotic planets to explore. Aliens. Robots. Magic. Forbidden technology. Ruined Worlds. Ghosts. Long-lost secrets. Conspiracies. A galactic threat. And one brave heroine to make things right. Cosmic Star Heroine is an exciting new RPG from the creators of Cthulhu Saves the World.
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Crystal Story II
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
Crystal Story II is a turn-based RPG that follows the story of a young Dragon on his quest to defeat an evil witch. He must seek allies to aid him on his journey and save the world from the oncoming invasion.
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Chained Echoes
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
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Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine your team's abilities to solve puzzles, defeat powerful enemies and find ancient treasures!
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Sea of Stars
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.
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SteamWorld Heist
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
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Shadows of Adam
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
Gorgeous pixel art. Intense, blazing fast battles. An epic adventure. This is the must-play retro indie JRPG built for the modern era.
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Fairy Fencer F
Single-player alternative to Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Crystal Story: The Hero and the Evil Witch.
Long ago, the Vile God and the Goddess waged war with each other. Equally matched, they were sealed away in another world… Now a lazy young man named Fang somehow finds himself a key part of this war he’d really rather not deal with, but fate beckons in this uncommon RPG!