Single-player games like Estencel
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Estencel, 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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Luminary
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Luminary is a solo or co-op OpenZone Action RPG that creates a balanced experience for everyone. Using a unique world and character progression system, explore vast hand-crafted lands together, uncover hidden treasures, level up your town, and push back the darkness with light.
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Rivals' Duel
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
Act fast, duels are fierce. Opponents will not wait a second to defeat you, accelerate your mind and face them with your swords and guns
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Rasen
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Strike with precision, time your deflects and fight flawlessly to your own rhythm. Step into atmospheric PvP or PvE arena duels and fast-paced clashes with a variety of lethal characters. Featuring GGPO-style rollback netcode for responsive online matches.
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Mouseward
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Take up your sword and uncover the secrets of a cursed kingdom in this soulslike collectathon. Awaken as a Royal Mouse Guard, master combat, defeat foes and search for celestial fragments to restore a once great kingdom.
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Kingdom's Edge
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
An adventure multiplayer hack n slash in a vertical world. Explore the Deepth with your class to earn knowlodge and recources to build your domain. Play with up to 2 of your Steam firends or solo. The characters have 4 abilities with combos and can be upgraded along the game.
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Hell Above
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Estencel.
Team up to hack, slash, fight, and DIE (... a lot). A merciless soulslike boss-rush trapped in a low-poly, PS1-era Dante poem... except this time you're venturing up the inferno...
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LIZARDS MUST DIE
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
The great exploits of the Ancient Rus in the war with the lizards. Immerse yourself in the world of Hyperborea and defeat hordes of Lizards and other unholy who encroached on holy places Ancestors. Choose a blessed hero and go save the world from the green plague.
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The Neath
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Beneath you go. Below the bones of the earth and lower into the darkness. Find your way through twisting passages past vile monsters. Explore, discover and conquer your way to greater depths and greater rewards.
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Arx Fatalis
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Estencel.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Estencel.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Lies of P
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Estencel.
Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
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Sekira
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Estencel.
Dark forces are penetrating our world! Help the humble priestess Anachel crush the heads of the Dark Lord and all his minions!
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Emissary Zero
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Estencel.
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
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Emissary One
Single-player alternative to Estencel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Estencel.
Co-op horror (1 to 6+ players). The squad was sent to the next site, but contact was lost. Find them and team up for the current mission. It seems you're not alone here again.