Single-player games like Super Ember Kaboom
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Super Ember Kaboom, 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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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
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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Battle Princess Madelyn
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
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Tanglewood
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
Experience puzzle-platforming the way it’s meant to be. Designed and built on 90’s hardware, Tanglewood is a 16-bit love letter to the golden age of gaming. Guide Nymn home through a forest filled with danger, in classic 2D pixel-art style.
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Pepper Grinder
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
Pepper Grinder is an action-packed 2D adventure blending traditional platforming with an alternate drilling mode that allows you to dive in and out of the earth like a dolphin swims through water.
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Offspring Fling!
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
Offspring Fling is a game about a poor forest creature that has misplaced all of her children.
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Hypergalactic Psychic Table Tennis 3000
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
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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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
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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Firefly Village
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.
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Ember Kaboom
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
Ember's a fox who loves adventure. Run, jump, and ride through 30+ colorful, fast-paced obstacle courses in a quest to get your missing soul back!
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Echo Isle
Single-player alternative to Super Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Super Ember Kaboom.
A colorful mini-island adventure inspired by the handheld classics, built to be finished in an evening. Fight monsters, solve puzzles, and delve into four perilous dungeons.