Single-player games like Shovel Knight Dig
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Shovel Knight Dig, 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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Ravva and the Cyclops Curse
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Unleash your summoning powers to defeat the Cyclops Lord! Along with four unusual companions, you must journey through a dangerous land to save your mother from a terrible curse. A challenging adventure awaits!
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Gravity Oddity
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Embark on a one-man rescue mission across the galaxy to bring back your kidnapped roommate in this roguelike space action-adventure.
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Pizzapocalypse 2
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Use your pizza to bounce, swing and dash in this 3D platformer! Explore different countries, and put a stop to the greedy corporation selling Pizza-in-a-can!
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Whirlwind Magician
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight Dig.
Experience the tale of a cheerful girl and a grouchy talking hat in this charming Metroidvania, where every ability is hat-based! Throw the hat to attack enemies, teleport to him to make perilous leaps, and fly him through narrow tunnels of spikes as you escape a dangerous magic forest.
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Gwen The Hen 64
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Gwen the Hen 64 is a tiny 3D platformer collectathon, with precise controls and many different movement options.
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Original Journey
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Original Journey is a 2D hand drawn, sci-fi action-adventure with a bold hand drawn art style. Join the Ato as they embark on a mission to save their home world. Only a mysterious power source discovered on a distant planet can save them but how far will the Ato go save themselves?
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Thrilling Triple Treat
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
What do you get if you mix a platformer with a metroidvania and tower defense but then seperate that mix into three games that are then collected into a single game? Nonsense. You get nonsense. This game is nonsense. But dear, is it funny!
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TEMPLE of RUBBO
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
A fast-paced co-op dungeon crawler for up to four players! 🏛️ Fight enemies and collect loot through 16 floors of caves, sewers, dungeons and hell to rescue an ancient wizard and regain your humanity.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!
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Rogue Legacy 2
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
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Risk of Rain Returns
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shovel Knight Dig.
Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
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Bomb Chicken
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
After a freak accident, a seemingly ordinary chicken becomes a bomb laying free range hero. Explore the versatile mechanic of laying bombs in this explosive exploration platformer.
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Tower Fortress
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
A mysterious tower has risen! It emits plumes of noxious green smoke from its summit making people sick. Strange creatures infest the tower but if nobody tries to ascend it we will all be doomed! Are you that hero?.....
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Gunbrick: Reloaded
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight Dig — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight Dig.
In a future where cars are obsolete, the Gunbrick has become a worldwide sensation! Encounter wasteland mutants, crazed nerds, law enforcement and all manner of cube based adversaries in this action packed puzzle platformer.