Single-player games like Elsie
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Elsie, 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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30XX
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Anomaly Agent
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
ANOMALY AGENT is a cyberpunk action-adventure featuring fluid combat, a time-bending story, quirky characters and a catchy synthwave soundtrack! Punch or shoot through mobs of enemies, impact the story with your choices and stop the anomalies before the world plunges into chaos!
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Time Treker
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Choose your pilot and build your own custom mecha with 17+ weapons and 55+ attachments, then jump to the battlefield against hundreds of enemies to save spacetime itself in this thrilling sci-fi bullet heaven!
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Fallback
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Overture
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Overture is an action-adventure roguelike which draws heavy inspiration from hits such as Diablo, Realm of The Mad God, Zelda, and The Binding of Isaac. Explore vast randomly generated dungeons and slay hordes of cunning enemies!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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20XX
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
20XX is a roguelike action platformer that you can play with a friend. Jump and shoot your way through ever-changing levels, collect awesome new powers, and battle mighty bosses in the name of saving the human race maybe!
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Elsie.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Elsie.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Elsie — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elsie.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.