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Single-player games like Salt and Sacrifice

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Salt and Sacrifice, 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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    Kingdoms And Slaves — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms And Slaves

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Even with the slavery of the weak green-skinned, the kingdom couldn't resist to the curse of the crystals and began to fall, driving them madness, death, and leading the Kingdom to the catastrophe.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NIPH — Steam game cover

    NIPH

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Salt and Sanctuary — Steam game cover

    Salt and Sanctuary

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.

    2016ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night — Steam game cover

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

    2019ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    River City: Rival Showdown — Steam game cover

    River City: Rival Showdown

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG12.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Watcher Chronicles — Steam game cover

    Watcher Chronicles

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Become a glutton for punishment and persevere, alone or with a friend, against 20+ merciless bosses and legions of skeletal nightmares in this savage yet charming 2D souls-like.

    2022ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Curse of the Sea Rats — Steam game cover

    Curse of the Sea Rats

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    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!

    2023ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Abyss Odyssey — Steam game cover

    Abyss Odyssey

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Salt and Sacrifice.

    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…

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nother: an indie souls-like — Steam game cover

    Nother: an indie souls-like

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Hunter: World — Steam game cover

    Monster Hunter: World

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.

    2018Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MONSTER HUNTER RISE — Steam game cover

    MONSTER HUNTER RISE

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Rise to the challenge and join the hunt! In Monster Hunter Rise, the latest installment in the award-winning and top-selling Monster Hunter series, you’ll become a hunter, explore brand new maps and use a variety of weapons to take down fearsome monsters as part of an all-new storyline.

    2022Action39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection — Steam game cover

    Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Salt and Sacrifice.

    The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.

    2026AdventureRPG69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metroidvania Maker — Steam game cover

    Metroidvania Maker

    Single-player alternative to Salt and Sacrifice — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Salt and Sacrifice.

    Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →