Single-player games like Afterimage
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Afterimage, 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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Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
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LarsGadiel
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
LarsGadiel is the prequel to Xenon Valkyrie, a game originally created for Nintendo's 8-bit console that was never released (at least for now), but is now coming to Steam. It's a classic Metroidvania, featuring the original maps and design from that era.
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Blasphemous 2
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Minoria
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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DOOMBLADE
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
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Vigil: The Longest Night
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Afterimage.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
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Souldiers
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Afterimage.
Fight for your freedom in a sprawling fantasy world caught between the living and the fallen. Hone your skills in a retro epic featuring puzzle platforming, metroidvania exploration and crunchy soulslike combat.
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Rabi-Ribi
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Afterimage.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Gujian3(古剑奇谭三)
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Gujian 3 is a mass 3D single-person RPG developed by Aurogon Info & Tech (Shanghai), a subsidiary of Wangyuan Shengtang. As the latest hit of the Gujian series, it boasts more free and smooth combat experience with its full real-time combat system. This generation expands the world of Gujian based on previous works.
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古剑奇谭(GuJian)
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
《古剑奇谭：琴心剑魄今何在》（《古剑奇谭》）由网元圣唐旗下上海烛龙自主研发，于2010年7月正式发行，是国内首部全程配音的大型3D仙侠类单机角色扮演游戏。 游戏采用架空的历史设定，在其中融入了众多真实的人文地理风貌，通过合适的方式，将这些带有浓郁古韵和中国味的风物呈现在玩家的眼前。
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古剑奇谭二(GuJian2)
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
《古剑奇谭二：永夜初晗凝碧天》（《古剑奇谭二》）是由网元圣唐旗下上海烛龙自主研发的大型3D仙侠类单机角色扮演游戏，为古剑系列第二代作品， 已于2013年8月18日发售。 《古剑奇谭二》挑战国产单机传统，采用即时制战斗模式及电影化表现手法，更进行种种突破创新，创造了国产单机游戏新高度。
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Swords of Legends
Single-player alternative to Afterimage — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Afterimage.
Swords of Legends is a single-player action-adventure RPG set in the primordial age, a world drawn from the strange tales of classical Chinese literature, where mortals, gods, and wandering souls walk the same earth.