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Single-player games like Lost Wish: In the desperate world

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lost Wish: In the desperate world, 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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    Solateria — Steam game cover

    Solateria

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight — Steam game cover

    Hollow Knight

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blasphemous — Steam game cover

    Blasphemous

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death's Gambit: Afterlife — Steam game cover

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mark of the Deep — Steam game cover

    Mark of the Deep

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Shipwrecked on a myth-shrouded island, play as rookie pirate Marcus “Rookie” Ramsey and explore haunting biomes, face unforgiving combat, and unravel a deep-sea curse in search of your lost crew, the Angry Mermaids.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRIME — Steam game cover

    GRIME

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight: Silksong — Steam game cover

    Hollow Knight: Silksong

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minoria — Steam game cover

    Minoria

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Easy Simple Game — Steam game cover

    Easy Simple Game

    Single-player alternative to Lost Wish: In the desperate world — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Lost Wish: In the desperate world.

    Meet the Unsuspicious dude, take a job from him and walk through deadly spikes, slimes and spinning blades. Sounds pretty simple, isn't it?

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →