Single-player games like Emiko's Pledge
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Emiko's Pledge, 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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Emiko's Pledge 2
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Emiko's Pledge 2 is a 2D Platform Action game based on the story of a Half-Demon girl called Emiko, whose mission is to protect all the residents of the Ettaze state from the enemies who infiltrated into the territory.
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99 Levels To Hell
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon.
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ITORAH
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Berserk Boy
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
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DRAINUS
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
This is a side-scrolling shooting game in which you take control of the "Drainus", the Kharlal Empire's most cutting-edge fighter with the ability to absorb energy bullets, and take down the enemy ships zipping through space.
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Noitu Love 2: Devolution
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
A century after the legendary boy Noitu Love saved the world from the evil Darns, they rise again, but in a chaos of time-bending mayhem!
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NightmareZ
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.
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Keatz: The Lonely Bird
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Keatz -The Lonely Bird is a 2D Old School action platformer which is based on the story of the lonely bird, abandoned by the society. The Government of Heavens, a country of birds, suddenly and unexpectedly decide to eliminate all the flightless birds from the country by any means necessary.
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Fear Half Factor
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Fear Half Factor is a 2D Casual Runner Game where you play as a villain whose mission is to rule over the world by converting the innocent human beings into Evil Ghosts.
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The Mystery of Devils House
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
The Mystery of Devil's House is a 2D Horror Action Platformer based on the story of the Haunted house called William's House located in Massachusetts investigated by The Ghostbuster Crew: International.
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Captain The Runner
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Captain The Runner is an endless runner game based on retro graphics, where the player must avoid colliding with the cars, buses, spaceships, water bodies and much more.
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Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Smash Halloween Pumpkins: The Challenge is a 2D Old School Action Platformer in which the mission of the player is to smash as many pumpkins as possible.
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The Christmas Gifts
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
The Christmas Gifts is a 2D Old School Christmas Themed Action Platformer based on the story of a boy named Kim who is in search of his gifts which got stolen from his garden.
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Super Strawberry Man
Single-player alternative to Emiko's Pledge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Emiko's Pledge.
Super Strawberry Man is a 2D Old-school Action Platformer based on the biography of Strawberry man whose mission is to reinstate peace in the Fruitis City.