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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2024ActionRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Faith — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure27.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blasphemous — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death's Gambit: Afterlife — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AWAKEN - Astral Blade — Steam game cover

    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?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minoria — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRIME — Steam game cover

    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.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slain: Back from Hell — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Salt and Sanctuary — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016ActionIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight: Silksong — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle of Vania — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Metroidvania Maker — Steam game cover

    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.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Abyss — Steam game cover

    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?

    2024Indie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kettlebell: Inferno Hotel — Steam game cover

    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!

    ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →