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Single-player games like Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, 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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    SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance — Steam game cover

    SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.

    2025Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bazooka Cat: First Episode — Steam game cover

    Bazooka Cat: First Episode

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    Bazooka Cat is a platformer made with love inspired by old-school games of the 90s with the use of new technologies and game logic, but what if you add something like tactics to the platformer?

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Mist: Rivers of Blood — Steam game cover

    Red Mist: Rivers of Blood

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    You play a traumatized former Special Forces war veteran who sees red when his wife is abducted. In your pursuit of revenge, you must negotiate a dangerous urban environment. Avoid hazards and deadly drops as you shoot, kick and slash through hordes of enemies in this grueling and gritty platformer.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KUNAI — Steam game cover

    KUNAI

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sanae Toumaden X2 — Steam game cover

    Sanae Toumaden X2

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    A mega X Touhou fangame with no X again.

    2022ActionIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blazing Chrome — Steam game cover

    Blazing Chrome

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    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!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior — Steam game cover

    Voivod: The Nuclear Warrior

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    A brutal action metroidvania set in a world where reality is breaking apart. Battle biomechanical mutants, traverse shifting landscapes, and uncover fragments of your lost mind as you push deeper into a twisted post-apocalyptic nightmare.

    ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NIPH — Steam game cover

    NIPH

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    NIPH is a stylish roguelite platformer with risky and intense combat. Slash, shoot, and learn and cast spells with more varied items as you explore a vast and diverse fantasy world!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mega Man X Legacy Collection — Steam game cover

    Mega Man X Legacy Collection

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.

    2018Action19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound — Steam game cover

    NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shinobi Shift — Steam game cover

    Shinobi Shift

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    Shinobi Shift is a first-person platformer with shooter elements where you can control the time!

    2021IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Messenger — Steam game cover

    The Messenger

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    STRIDE — Steam game cover

    STRIDE

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    STRIDE is a high-octane parkour adventure in virtual reality. Fight for your life as you hurtle through the rooftops of a futuristic metropolis. Step into the shoes of a master freerunner as you vault, swing, and shoot your way through this action-packed adventure. Multiplayer now available!

    2022ActionSportsAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NINJA GAIDEN 4 — Steam game cover

    NINJA GAIDEN 4

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.

    2025ActionAdventure69.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Odallus: The Dark Call — Steam game cover

    Odallus: The Dark Call

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oniken: Unstoppable Edition — Steam game cover

    Oniken: Unstoppable Edition

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.

    2014ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spooky Station — Steam game cover

    Spooky Station

    Single-player alternative to Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider.

    Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →