Single-player games like Jack Axe: The Trial
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Jack Axe: The Trial, 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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Jack B. Nimble
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
Jump in the shoes of Jack B. Nimble and master the whip in this cute, retro infinite runner.
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Gappy's Adventure - Coinkeeper's Cantrip
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
Gappy's Adventure - Coinkeeper's Cantrip is the 2D platformer you've been dreaming of. Spectacular movement, charming visuals, and surprises around every corner! Take control of the lovely, green 'Gappy' as he stops the diabolical plans of the evil 'Coinkeeper'
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Beefarunna
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
The alien invasion has subsided, and Ash has to get off the couch to buy some groceries. Unfortunately, the El Camino broke down on the way to the MeggaMart. Run, jump, and slide your way to a complete cowbell collection in Beefrunna (or: Super Beefarena).
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Atomic Owl
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
You are Hidalgo Bladewing, a bird with a beef. Hack, slash, platform, and soar through a beautifully chaotic pixel-art neonscape in your quest to save your feathered friends. Challenging retro-inspired platforming gameplay, transforming weapons, and fowl Ninja action await.
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1 Screen Platformer
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.
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Kandria
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
Explore a ruined open world of caverns and settlements. Hack and slash your way through missions: patrol, repair, scavenge - choose your quests and dialogue. Or go fishing, forage mushrooms, and race the clock! The old world is gone - the future is up to you.
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Olija
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
Olija is a game about Faraday's quest, a man shipwrecked then trapped in the mysterious country of Terraphage. Armed with a legendary harpoon, he and other castaways try to leave this hostile country to return to their homelands.
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They Bleed Pixels
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
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Jack Axe
Single-player alternative to Jack Axe: The Trial — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Jack Axe: The Trial.
Be Jack! Get an axe! Take Jack (and her sisters) on an axe tossing, single or multiplayer, platforming adventure in a vibrant open world inspired by Filipino and Norse mythology.