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Single-player games like Mystery Swords

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Mystery Swords, 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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    Paradise — Steam game cover

    Paradise

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    After crashing on an island, your only goal is to escape! Collect materials, craft tools, and survive against players, animals, or monsters. Escape the island by crafting a radio transmitter and signaling for help; but be careful, the rescue helicopter will leave most players behind!

    2021Action2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Survive 10 Minutes Please — Steam game cover

    Survive 10 Minutes Please

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Survive 10 minutes please is an action roguelike 2D zombie game where you have to survive a zombie horde by any means. Kill them, Upgrade yourself, Choose your abilities and try your best to survive in a challenging game.

    2022ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shroomanoid: breakout action roguelike — Steam game cover

    Shroomanoid: breakout action roguelike

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Forget classic breakout games. In Shroomanoid, you are the projectile. Control the frantic flight of a giant mushroom, smash enemies into a bloody pulp with precise ricochets, and stack insane combinations of abilities.

    2027ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crimson Broadcast — Steam game cover

    Crimson Broadcast

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Survive relentless enemy waves by broadcasting on risky frequencies. Upgrade, adapt, and defend your radio station in this post-apocalyptic top-down survival game.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Duckiost — Steam game cover

    Duckiost

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    An exciting game in which you will find yourself in the role of a duck with a machine gun and will fight for your life.

    2024ActionCasual199.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rift Saviours — Steam game cover

    Rift Saviours

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Rift Saviours is a sword-fighting roguelite where you battle endless waves of enemies. Survive longer to earn upgrades that offer great build customization. Step into the rift and fight for your survival!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    King Must Survive — Steam game cover

    King Must Survive

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    In the enchanted world of the Middle Ages, it's a king's struggle for survival! Equipped with top-down shooter mechanics and rogue-lite elements, you must battle against increasingly challenging waves of enemy swarms.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    From Hell — Steam game cover

    From Hell

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Arise, Demon! In this arcade style action roguelike you must master your movement and acquire an arsenal capable of slaying angels and heroes. Storm the castle within the time limit and slay the King!

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Space Adventures — Steam game cover

    Space Adventures

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    An endless adventure in the middle of empty space. You will have to fight off endless waves of enemy ships, pumping your own and moving forward through space. Be careful, your opponents are getting stronger and stronger every time!

    2021Action9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Funny puzzle — Steam game cover

    Funny puzzle

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Funny puzzle game is an electronic form of classic puzzles, now you can collect puzzles on your computer! puzzles is not only a game of the mind, where you need logic, intelligence and ingenuity, but also a great way to calm your nerves.

    2021IndieCasual10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skull Bullets — Steam game cover

    Skull Bullets

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Skull Bullets is a roguelike game with RPG elements. You are a risen from the dead shooter who is trying to get out of the endless forest with the undead. Upgrade your skills, get new weapons and deal with a whole crowd of enemies. Will you be able to get out? It all depends on you.

    2021Action0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alien worm — Steam game cover

    Alien worm

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Welcome to an incredibly atmospheric game in which you have to control an alien underground worm and kill everything that moves!

    2021Action9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endless Zombie Weekend — Steam game cover

    Endless Zombie Weekend

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Mystery Swords.

    Endless Zombie Weekend is an endless arcade game with RPG elements. It's hard to be the only survivor after the apocalypse. How often do you think about it? As the main character of the game, you can feel it! Upgrade your weapons and try to survive as many days as possible.

    2021Action9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Golden Mine Pickaxe — Steam game cover

    Golden Mine Pickaxe

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You are a brave digger who went in search of minerals! Alone, you have to find as many of them as possible and improve your outfit in order to move further and further each time.

    2022Casual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cat and fish — Steam game cover

    Cat and fish

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You are a brave cat who got lost in the forest in search of food. You have to collect all the food, while getting out of the forest alive. Be careful, because the forest is full of various traps and obstacles!

    2022StrategyCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Hero Adventure — Steam game cover

    Red Hero Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Mystery Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Red Hero Adventure is an adventure about a red ball in the arcade genre. Go through exciting puzzle levels, playing as the most bouncy hero! You will have to climb narrow ledges with high accuracy, jump over littered islands and dodge sharp spikes.

    2022Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →