Single-player games like Swords & Bones
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Swords & Bones, 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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Hypergalactic Psychic Table Tennis 3000
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Paddle your balls! The hypergalaxy's premiere video table tennis role playing experience. Explore the hypergalaxies in the year 3000 or so to become the ultimate paddle champion. Learn new skills, cast devastating spells and put someone's underwear on your head whist riding a swamp beast!
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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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99 Levels To Hell
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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UFO 50
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
UFO 50 is a collection of 50 single and multiplayer games that span a variety of genres, from platformers and shoot 'em ups to puzzle games, roguelites, and RPGs. Our goal is to combine a familiar 8-bit aesthetic with new ideas and modern game design.
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Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!
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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
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Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Swords & Bones.
Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. Taking cues from both Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts and giving birth to something entirely new, Resurrection is a title worthy of its name.
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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Swords & Bones.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
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Abduction Bit
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Abduction Bit is a NES-like arcade based on elements of some timeless classics from 80's (Bubble Bobble, Ice Climber, Mario Bros).
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SEEP Universe
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Kick butt in this retro 2D action-platformer! SEEP Universe is an indie game for PC inspired by the 8-16 bit era!
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Dragon Climax
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
A retro action martial arts game inspired by classics, like Kung Fu Master and Shinobi with modern elements!
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Super BOO Quest
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Swords & Bones.
Super BOO Quest is a lighthearted game suitale for every kind of player, from casual to hardcore. It is a mix of arcade, puzzle, and stealth, to be played alone or with a friend. The game is presented with 16 bit-style graphics, as a tribute to Super Nintendo.
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Katana Soul
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Play as the samurai Kan and fight in a dark, demon-infested Japan. Face this 100% arcade experience without any credits or saves: you can only rely on your skills with the katana.
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Thunderflash
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Thunderflash is a "love letter" to the arcade games of the 80s. It is a Run 'n Gun game inspired by gems like Ikari Warriors, Commando and Heavy Barrel.
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Adventure Bit
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
Jump, run, steal, fight, catch, and solve puzzles in this minimal-style adventure inspired by the golden age of the Japanese computer MSX!
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Roar of Revenge
Single-player alternative to Swords & Bones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords & Bones.
A game that puts together Rastan's action with adventure elements inspired by Faxanadu. An old school tribute for every lover of 8-bit classics!