Single-player games like Shadowkin
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Shadowkin, 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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Nomad Survival
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.
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Halls of Torment
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
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Sea of Survivors
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
In Sea of Survivors, you can sail your ship in any direction but you can never stop moving. Evade and destroy hordes of pirates and sea monsters to gain experience, level up and choose upgrades for your ship. Explore oceans filled with mysterious curses, unlock treasures and fight for survival.
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Swarm Grinder
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
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Chess Survivors
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies. Combine abilities, upgrades, and relics to create game-breaking builds. Think fast, die, learn, repeat!
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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Boons & Burdens
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Boons & Burdens is a single player action-roguelike set in the depths of hell. Battle hordes of demons through 12 levels, collect gems to purchase powerful boons, and choose from deadly burdens that alter the game's difficulty. Will you be the paragon of power or the architect of your own defeat?
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One Step From Eden
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
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暖雪 Warm Snow
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
'Warm Snow' is a Rogue-like action game with a background set in a dark fantasy world, where the eerie 'Warm Snow' holds sway. You will play as the Warrior 'Bi-an' on a crusade against the Five Great Clans, in order to save a world teetering on the brink of destruction.
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Horde Hunters
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadowkin.
Slay hordes of enemies on thrilling missions to save the humanity from a looming demon onslaught.
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Nomad Idle
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowkin.
Face waves of enemies automatically and create builds by distributing stat points, leveling up equipment, choosing passive skills, summons and more. An idle game about killing hordes of enemies, becoming stronger, and exploring an unfolding storyline. A spin-off of Nomad Survival.
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Kin and Quarry
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowkin.
An incremental mining adventure where you must dig into the earth to recover essence for your sacred Evertree. Mine, drill, and blast your way to the deepest depths, discovering rare artifacts and recruiting more kin to your cause along the way. Dig. Upgrade. Repeat.
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Kin and Conquest
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadowkin.
An incremental / idle action adventure game where you must battle foes, mine rocks, defeat bosses, and grow stronger in your quest to conquer the mountain and defeat the Evil Geomancer.
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Shadowkin: Dominion of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadowkin.
Face waves of enemies as you travel from room to room in your auto-shooting horde survival conquest. You and your companion must work together and create builds that compliment each other while exploring branching paths through various zones and worlds in a Roguelite setting.
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Raid Run
Single-player alternative to Shadowkin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadowkin.
Raid Run is a game inspired by fake mobile game ads. Your character automatically travels through the level where you must face increasingly difficult enemies, grabbing power ups and evolving your skills along the way. Attacks and skills are fired automatically. Conquer 3 levels with 3 difficulties.