Single-player games like Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours, 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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Cenk The Chopper
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
Cenk The Chopper is a fast paced hack-and-slash game. Fight through hordes of mutants and robots in a world you've made go to hell. Chop 'em up everything you see till the end of it.
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Shing!
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
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The Wonderful 101: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
Lead an army of 100 Wonderful Ones from around the world in this Unite Action spectacular!
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Devil May Cry 4
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
Devil May Cry® 4 immerses gamers in a gothic supernatural world, where a new protagonist clashes with a familiar hero. As the new leading man, Nero, players will unleash incredible attacks and non-stop combos using a unique new gameplay mechanic, his powerful "Devil Bringer" arm.
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Devil May Cry 5
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
The ultimate Devil Hunter is back in style, in the game action fans have been waiting for.
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KIBORG
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
KIBORG is a relentless rogue-lite beat’em up where you enhance your body with new cybernetic implants each run. You’ve been sent to the worst prison in the galaxy for crimes you didn’t commit. Death won’t provide an escape, but a violent reality show may offer a way out.
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DmC: Devil May Cry
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action.
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X-Blades
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
In X-Blades, the player takes on the role of the enchanting heroine Ayumi, who survives a breathtaking dance of blades through the Hordes of Darkness. The long-haired beautiful anime, with her pistol blades and mind-blowing leaps, whirls and swirls from one fantastic level to the next.
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Bayonetta
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
PlatinumGames’ universally acclaimed action masterpiece finally comes to PC. Experience the over-the-top stylish action in 60fps at unlocked HD resolutions. The definitive way to play: being bad never felt so good.
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Devil May Cry HD Collection
Single-player alternative to Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Heartless & Dreadful : Return by 72 Hours.
The popular stylish action games Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2, and Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition return in one collection!