Single-player games like Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona, 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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Skelethrone: The Prey
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
This game is a challenging 2D action platformer with RPG elements inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Skelethrone: The Prey is a free prequel to the main game, setting the stage for the events that will unfold throughout Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona campaign.
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The Last Faith
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
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.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
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.
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AWAKEN - Astral Blade
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
AWAKEN - Astral Blade is a 2.5D action-adventure metroidvania where you play as Tania, a bionic warrior fighting through a world twisted by Karpas energy. Master parries, upgrade your abilities, and survive relentless enemies and bosses. Is there any chance of survival in such a desperate place?
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Minoria
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
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.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
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.
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Slain: Back from Hell
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.
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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
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.
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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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The Abyss
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"The Abyss" is a first-person survival horror. After an accident, explore a dark world filled with horrors, puzzles, and secrets that challenge your sanity. Will you escape the Abyss or succumb?
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Kettlebell: Inferno Hotel
Single-player alternative to Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona.
Kettlebell: Inferno Hotel is a fast-paced 2D platformer inspired by the 16-bit classics of the ’90s — packed with humor, destruction, and pure hellish energy!