Single-player games like Knight's Try
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Knight's Try, 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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The Big Catch: Tacklebox
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Knight's Try.
Crack open the Tacklebox to show off your platforming prowess and fishing skills in this free prologue to The Big Catch.
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Pseudoregalia
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knight's Try.
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knight's Try.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Jump King
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knight's Try.
Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knight's Try.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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ALTF42
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knight's Try.
ALTF42 The game is still simple. You just need to get past the traps and reach the goal.
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Valkyrie Saga
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Knight's Try.
Join Roll the Valkyrie as she subverts fate in a retro indie platformer taking after PSX classics. Climb, dash, jump, and glide your way up a falling sky island, to stop it from destroying the world below.
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Super Kiwi 64
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knight's Try.
Super Kiwi 64 is a 3D-Platformer and Collect-a-Thon, in a low poly late 90s console look.
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Only Up !
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knight's Try.
⭐⭐⭐ Embark on an exciting journey in Only UP ! Play as Jacky, a teenager from the ghetto who wants to get out of poverty and join the wealth of the Space ! As you explore a huge world full of secrets and mysteries, you will have to climb as high as possible ! ⭐⭐⭐
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Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knight's Try.
Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.
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Miko Melee
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Knight's Try.
Fight monsters and keep the village safe!
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Tiny Onion Knight
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Knight's Try.
Tiny Onion Knight is an action-platformer about a little onion knight who travels through a mystical forest.
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Dread X Collection 3
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Knight's Try.
Experience 12 all-new games made exclusively for this unique horror anthology. Explore a mysterious castle that changes as you play. Keep your wits about you as the line between cute and creepy begins to blur. Uncover the next chapter in the ongoing Dread X Collection storyline.
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RESPITE 2.0
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Breeze through over 20 UNIQUE LOCALES while listening to relaxing HIGH FIDELITY MUSIC tracks. Find your RESPITE today! ██████╗ ███████╗███████╗ ██╔══██╗██╔════╝██╔════╝ ██████╔╝█████╗ ███████╗ ██╔══██╗██╔══╝ ╚════██║ ██║ ██║███████╗███████║ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝
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Super 10 Pin
Single-player alternative to Knight's Try — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Knight's Try.
Strike your way through a world of bowling in Super 10 Pin! Use special abilities to jump, explode, and boost down 64-bit styled bowling lanes in this wild arcade bowling game!