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Single-player games like The Eternal Life of Goldman

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Eternal Life of Goldman, 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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    Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — Steam game cover

    Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Unbound: Worlds Apart — Steam game cover

    Unbound: Worlds Apart

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.

    2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Laika: Aged Through Blood — Steam game cover

    Laika: Aged Through Blood

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

    2023ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight — Steam game cover

    Hollow Knight

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ITORAH — Steam game cover

    ITORAH

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Constance — Steam game cover

    Constance

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRIME — Steam game cover

    GRIME

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    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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    MIO: Memories in Orbit — Steam game cover

    MIO: Memories in Orbit

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    This Is the Police — Steam game cover

    This Is the Police

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    This Is the Police 2 — Steam game cover

    This Is the Police 2

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Eternal Life of Goldman.

    Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebel Cops — Steam game cover

    Rebel Cops

    Single-player alternative to The Eternal Life of Goldman — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.

    2019Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →