Single-player games like Death Tales
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Death Tales, 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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Salt and Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Death Tales.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
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Curse of the Sea Rats
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Death Tales.
Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!
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Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Death Tales.
After 34 years in the shadows, prepare to see this legendary action adventure in a new light! Looking and playing better than ever before, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn is Tengo Project’s remake of a cult classic, that the fans have been waiting for.
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Young Souls
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
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Indivisible
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.
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Abyss Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
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Fury Unleashed
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Shoot your way through the pages of an ever-changing comic book in this fast-paced roguelike. Play solo, in local or online co-op, expand your weaponry, and upgrade your hero with each run. All that to find out why has your creator lost his faith in you and to prove him wrong.
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Plague Road
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death Tales.
Rescue survivors, fight monsters and explore a once great city fallen to plague in a dark fantasy game combining turn-based tactical strategy and roguelike elements.
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Mecho Tales
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death Tales.
An all-new adventure in the world of Mecho Wars! Run and shoot through chaotic platforming levels filled with spikes, bottomless pits and an army of deadly robots. Go it alone or team up with your friends in 4-player local multiplayer. Directed by Luc Bernard.
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War Theatre
Single-player alternative to Death Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Death Tales.
Turn-based strategy with RPG elements. Take command of seven unique heroes, each with a specialization to change the course of every battle. Features single-player campaign and multiplayer modes available local or online.