Single-player games like Swordian Hero
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Swordian Hero, 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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Pixel Ninja
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
This is an exciting ninjya action game with a 16-bit taste!
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Shing!
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
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Okinawa Rush
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
Take on the role of the martial arts master Hiro, Meilin, or Shin as they face off in a desperate fight for their lives against the Black Mantis clan. DOUBLE THE MAYHEM: Bring a friend and battle against ninjas, demons, and more in the 2-player local co-op mode of this action-adventure platformer.
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Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Swordian Hero.
Choose a side, master your moves, and embrace your destiny in an epic beat 'em up adventure inspired by the hit show. Take control of 8 playable characters with deep movesets, combos, progression, real-time character swaps, ultimate attacks, and much more!
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Stick It to the Stickman
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.
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Unruly Heroes
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
LET'S KUNG FU THEM ALL! Play solo or co-op and take control of four unlikely heroes that battle a diverse lineup of enemies, show off your Kung-Fu skills and journey west across stunning different environments in order to hunt for the scattered remnants of the Sacred Scroll.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
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9 Monkeys of Shaolin
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.
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Space Crisis
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
A spaceship crash landed on Mars! You have to wear a jet and fight!
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Ninja Kunoichi
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
This is an exciting "NINJA" action game with a 16-bit taste!
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MagicalGirl Mimi
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
Girls fight with magic! This is an exciting action game with a 16-bit taste!
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Abiko The Miko
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
Japanese female shaman fight against "yokai"! This is a shooting action game!
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Accel Magician Mimi
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
Girls fight with magic! A mysterious world action game!
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Arc Wizards
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
The war of the wizards begins! This is a shooting action game!
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Arc Wizards 2
Single-player alternative to Swordian Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swordian Hero.
The war of the wizards begins! This is a shooting action game!