Single-player games like Metal Detecting Simulator
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Metal Detecting Simulator, 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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Wuppo: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
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Smelter
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.
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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
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F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
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ANTONBLAST
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
A sci-fi puzzle-platformer of cataclysmic proportions! Evolve from a tiny captive into a world-eating giant. Use your mutant blob powers to devour the pathetic humans and all of civilization!
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Rain World
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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The Guard
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Metal Detecting Simulator.
You are on the night shift at the mall. While you were taking your post, your partner went missing. All the time you hear some kind of noise. You need to find out their origin and find your partner. As you pass, you will need to find the keys and open locked rooms.
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The Witch's House
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
There is an old house on the edge of a small town. All the locals have always avoided it, as strange and mysterious events constantly happen there. This time, what happened in this house made the whole city shudder with fear.
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Ghost Village
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Metal Detecting Simulator.
My grandmother was originally from the village, but after the environmental disaster that occurred 30 years ago near their settlement, she moved to our city and lived with us.
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Mission: Aliens
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Sergeant, last night we received a signal that an unknown aircraft of extraterrestrial origin had crashed in the taiga. The locals assured us that at the crash site they observed five creatures very similar to humans, only with gray skin and large almond-shaped eyes.
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DrugRunner
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Drug Runner is a 3D game in which you have to run along the road and dodge obstacles, on the way collecting bonuses and coins that give you points. If you can jump over the barrier by pressing the "space bar".
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Battle Robots
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
Do you like fast games with the grinding of metal? Try to take part in fights with robots. Your task is to come out of the battle victorious, deftly inflicting crushing blows on your opponent. Upgrade your armor, and then head to the arena to fight. Start playing now!
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Sleep
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Metal Detecting Simulator.
Nastya, she is 18 years old. Every day she draws images of the monsters that come to her and describes them. And every night, Nastya has a dream where she fights her monsters. And with each dream, you have to get out of the dream.
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307 Racing
Single-player alternative to Metal Detecting Simulator — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Metal Detecting Simulator.
Circuit racing is the common name for several types of car races, held on special tracks with hard surfaces. The main feature of such competitions is that the track has a closed form (ring).