Single-player games like Mawthorne
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Mawthorne, 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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Adventures of Pip
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
Play as the ultimate digital underdog in the Adventures of Pip,an action-platformer with a fresh gameplay twist inside a retro 32-bit world. Alas, Pip is an unlikely 1-pixel hero yet has the unique ability to absorb the pixels of his defeated enemies to evolve into three different forms.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
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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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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Battle Princess Madelyn
Single-player alternative to Mawthorne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Mawthorne.
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!