Single-player games like Ninja: Rise of a Hero
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ninja: Rise of a Hero, 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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BLADECHIMERA
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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Ninja Scroller
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
Ninja Scroller is a challenging pixel art action runner game with a retro gaming vibe, where you will face ninjas, wolves and tornadoes.You have to collect the 100 Shadow Scrolls and defeat the Guardians, Ninjas and Wolves, within the time limit.
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Chibi Ninja Shino-kun: Treasure of Demon Tower
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
Jump, slide and wall-kick your way through Demon Tower in this 90s-style ninja platformer!
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Carpathian Night Starring Bela Lugosi
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
Bela Lugosi returns as Prince Dracula in this classicvania horror platformer! Battle your way through the monster plagued countryside, evade deadly traps and pitfalls, overcome Dracula’s commanders in single combat, and discover the secret history of your monstrous foes.
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Mute Crimson+
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
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Scarlet Tower
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
Hunt during the day, be hunted during the NIGHT! Scarlet Tower is a gothic horror casual game with roguelike and RPG elements, like talent trees, classes, familiars and more!
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KUNAI
Single-player alternative to Ninja: Rise of a Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninja: Rise of a Hero.
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.