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Single-player games like Risky Woods

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Risky Woods, 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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    Oculant — Steam game cover

    Oculant

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    Oculant is a classic retro action adventure platformer in a dark-fantasy world. Travel through the kingdom and discover what lies within the kingdom's dark secret.

    2023ActionAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge — Steam game cover

    Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    Follow the story of Xandria, the iron alchemist. Seeking revenge, she accepts the dangerous mission to put an end to the evil that resides in Dracula's castle and torments the people of Transylvania. Fight with an iron whip in this retro-style & Classic-Vania adventure.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure2.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Adelita — Steam game cover

    Dark Adelita

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    Dark Adelita is a brutal, 2D action platformer rooted in Mexican folklore. As Angela, a fearless Adelita, fight your way through mythic horrors, dodge deadly traps, and face legendary bosses from Mexico’s past—all while uncovering a supernatural threat born from revolution.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunted Lands — Steam game cover

    Haunted Lands

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mute Crimson+ — Steam game cover

    Mute Crimson+

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    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.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Catboy — Steam game cover

    Super Catboy

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    Super Catboy is an action-packed platformer created in a high-bit pixel art style, combining the best elements of the golden 16-bit platformer era of the 90s with some ‘pawsome’ new mechanics! And let’s not forget; there’s plenty of CAT CONTENT!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beholgar — Steam game cover

    Beholgar

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    Beholgar is a classically styled metroidvania action adventure. Explore caverns, ancient woods, and deadly castles; battle creatures and solve ancient mysteries at the kingdom.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure1.79 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef — Steam game cover

    Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Risky Woods.

    From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!

    2022ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome" — Steam game cover

    Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"

    Single-player alternative to Risky Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Lead the battles that forged the greatest Empire of all time. Seven civilizations fighting for glory or freedom: Rome, Aegyptus, Britannia, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, and Carthago. Enjoy the fast-paced RTC “Real-Time Conquest” gameplay, an Old School RTS oriented to military conquest.

    2021Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →