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Single-player games like Fallen Tear: The Ascension

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Fallen Tear: The Ascension, 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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    Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune — Steam game cover

    Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Somber Echoes — Steam game cover

    Somber Echoes

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Armed with God-given powers, the revived tribune Adrestia is given a second chance to save the universe from her maniacal twin sister. Find secrets, acquire upgrades, and dominate mighty foes through sheer combat prowess as you explore and conquer the horrors of the forsaken vessel Atromitos.

    2025ActionAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MIO: Memories in Orbit — Steam game cover

    MIO: Memories in Orbit

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DOOMBLADE — Steam game cover

    DOOMBLADE

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure15.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minoria — Steam game cover

    Minoria

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Volkolak: The Will of Gods — Steam game cover

    Volkolak: The Will of Gods

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Volkolak: The Will of Gods is an epic 2D soulsvania in a dark Slavic fantasy setting, with hand-drawn animation. Explore an enchanted world full of secrets and enemies. Your choices will lead to several endings: become a bogatyr, a werewolf, or join the darkness.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.14 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Glimmer in Mirror — Steam game cover

    Glimmer in Mirror

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Glimmer in Mirror is a 2D story-rich action shooting game. Play as Shiro in a collapsed world, to meet various unique NPCs and monsters, and gradually uncover the truth of the world through a gripping story.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure11.89 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Astalon: Tears of the Earth — Steam game cover

    Astalon: Tears of the Earth

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!

    2021ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ori and the Blind Forest — Steam game cover

    Ori and the Blind Forest

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

    2015ActionDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight — Steam game cover

    Hollow Knight

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight: Silksong — Steam game cover

    Hollow Knight: Silksong

    Single-player alternative to Fallen Tear: The Ascension — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Fallen Tear: The Ascension.

    Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →