Single-player games like Spells & Secrets
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Spells & Secrets, 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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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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Astral Ascent
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.
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Rampage Knights
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
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Swords 'n Magic and Stuff
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spells & Secrets.
Grab your friends and set out for adventure in this cozy, multiplayer, open world RPG! Explore, quest and craft your way through a densely packed open world. Level up 6 different classes and buy land to build and decorate your home to settle down in this medieval fantasy world.
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Cult of the Lamb
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.
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Magicraft
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
"Magicraft" is a Roguelike game that uses a variety of spells to match unimaginable spell effects, and the construction of ultra-high degrees of freedom cannot even be exhausted by developers.
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Ziggurat
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Dungeon-Crawling First Person Shooting at its finest! Fast-paced combat! Dozens of perks, spells and enemies! Level ups! Random Dungeons! Traps! Badass bosses! Carrots!
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Avencast: Rise of the Mage
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Play Avencast, the epic roguelike action-RPG with tons of combat moves, spells, and equipment. Fight against evil forces to save your academy and vanquish the darkness. As you progress, learn powerful spells and combos to increase your chances of victory.
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Magicka
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Spells & Secrets.
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Boyfriend Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Date your weapons! Romance swords, daggers, and polearms to level them up in this “shack-and-slash” dungeon crawling adventure.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
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.
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Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spells & Secrets.
Farm, cook, craft and decorate in this casual open world farming adventure! Set up camp with your crew after being shipwrecked on a mysterious archipelago. Your quest is to survive, explore and uncover the secrets of the Cursed Islands. Take care of your crew to build relationships and earn rewards!
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Nova Nukers!
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Nova Nukers! is a multiplayer battle game for up to 4 players (online and local)! Explode your friends on colourful planets with a large variety of bombastic items!
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Stranded Sails - Prologue
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spells & Secrets.
Stranded Sails - Prologue takes place exactly one day before the departure of our heroes and seamlessly follows "Stranded Sails - Explorers of the Cursed Islands". Already in this prologue you can explore, decorate, farm and fight. Are you ready for the great adventure?
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Spells & Secrets - Character Creator
Single-player alternative to Spells & Secrets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spells & Secrets.
Shape your own student wizard in this cozy character editor of Spells & Secret. Dive into a treasure trove of customization choices and get your character ready for the wizard Academy of Greifenstein.