Single-player games like Blade Assault
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Blade Assault, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Blade Assault page.
Ranked picks
- 1

Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
- 2

Anomaly Agent
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
- 3

Beku
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Captured by a plotting king of Beku and forced to embark on a challenging quest to finalise his plans, you'll master your devastating ethereal abilities in this 2D platformer to overcome increasing waves of formidable foes. What secrets will you find along the way?
- 4

99 Waves
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
99 Waves is a casual platformer rogue-lite game about a vengeful young man who challenges a god. Can he defeat countless monsters, the greatest warriors, and mythical beings to reach the despicable god and become a legend?
- 5

Blade of the Netherworld
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Blade of the Netherworld is a fast-paced 2D Roguelite platformer. Don divine masks as a Yin-Yang Enforcer, slashing through the underworld to defeat gods, demons, and spirits. Combine a variety of items, master combat skills, and create limitless, high-speed carnage with a free-form action system.
- 6

Seed Hunter 猎源
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Seed Hunter is a 2D Platformer with Roguelite element. You’re the alien finding the missing source around universe, but you get into some trouble on the planet of Earth.
- 7

30XX
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
- 8

Black Future '88
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Blade Assault.
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
- 9

Metal Unit
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Metal Unit is a sprawling side-scrolling platformer with roguelite features. Play as Joanna, a soldier on a mission to capture her treasonous sister. Wear the M-Unit 11 suit and battle against monsters and aliens while uncovering the truth about humanity.
- 10

Terraria
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
- 11

Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
- 12

Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
- 13

NEOVERSE
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Neoverse is a beautiful, fantastic game consisting of adventures with thrilling challenges. It is a strategic, action, rogue-lite, deck building game that will test the player’s skill. Start an adventure with unique heroes to save the world along various timelines.
- 14

Dragon Is Dead
Single-player alternative to Blade Assault — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Blade Assault.
Dragon is Dead is a 2D dark fantasy roguelite with hack-and-slash combat and unlockable classes. Build class skill trees, slot runes, and chase Legendary and Mythic loot through corrupted stages.