Single-player games like CRYMACHINA
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to CRYMACHINA, 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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SCARLET NEXUS
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CRYMACHINA.
Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.
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SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CRYMACHINA.
The culmination of the SWORD ART ONLINE game series, Last Recollection features the largest roster of SAO playable characters and sub scenarios!
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Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CRYMACHINA.
While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum. With his newfound powers, he must stop the Grimwald Nox from consuming the city.
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Echoes of Aincrad
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CRYMACHINA.
Step into Aincrad, a world of beauty and danger where every battle could be your last. Create your hero, choose your gear, and master combat by building synergy with your partner, leveling up, and unlocking special abilities to expand your horizons.
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Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CRYMACHINA.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter reimagines the first chapter of a beloved series, infusing it with enhanced visuals and refined gameplay. Join Estelle and Joshua, partners bound by fate, as they unravel dark conspiracies threatening the peace of the Liberl Kingdom.
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Touhou Blooming Soul
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CRYMACHINA.
Follow Hata no Kokoro as she explores and defeats enemies on the stage of Gensokyo. The game contains many randomized elements such as items, skills and maps. Players can utilize a variety of different playstyles, making each run uniquely different from the last.
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Grim Dawn
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CRYMACHINA.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
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Neverinth
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CRYMACHINA.
Explore the halls of the Neverinth and uncover the history of the Valkyrie. Do glorious battle against the beasts and monsters of Norse legend and uncover the hidden pasts of each heroic woman. But their trials will not be easy as they face down those that haunt the sacred halls of Valhalla.
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NieR:Automata™
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CRYMACHINA.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
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CRYSTAR
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CRYMACHINA.
For when I weep, then I am strong. Battle through Purgatory as Rei to help save her sister in this Action RPG. Switch freely between four playable characters, and uncover each one of their pasts to see the sorrows they have endured.
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Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The ultimate digital Vanguard experience that includes an original story set in the world of overDress! Compete with players worldwide with "Ranked Fight," play solo casually with "CPU Fight," and enjoy the game and experience the world of Vanguard at your own pace via many other fight modes.
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Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"Cardfight!! Vanguard," has newly come to digital game! Over 3,000 cards for the Standard format! A brand-new original story shares the world of anime series unfolds! Enjoy your own cardfight experience!!
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The Caligula Effect: Overdose
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mobius. An idyllic world that lets people forget about the pain and problems of reality. Created by a sentient vocaloid program, μ (Mu), reality and fantasy have become blurred, allowing people to relive their high school years in bliss -- but just how real is a virtual happiness?
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The Caligula Effect 2
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Redo is a world without sorrow created by the virtuadoll Regret. Virtuadoll songs give Redo residents respite from their struggles. Our protagonists discover the truth and form the Go-Home Club to return to reality. Make your way home with companions bearing heavy burdens in this school-themed RPG.
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The Alliance Alive HD Remastered
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rise up and ignite the resistance in The Alliance Alive HD Remastered! Explore diverse realms, awaken new skills mid-battle, and forge alliances to challenge the Daemons that have taken over the world!
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Lost Dimension
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In the near future a terrorist mastermind, known only as ‘The End’, threatens humanity with nuclear armageddon. A special task force, the S.E.A.L.E.D team, are the only ones who can stop him: a group of young combatants with incredible abilities and each with a mysterious past.
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MONARK
Single-player alternative to CRYMACHINA — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Could you face yourself and the threats around you to save the ones you love? Shin Mikado Academy is engulfed in a madness-inducing Mist, and only you can save everyone inside. Develop your Ego to break the pacts set by the Pactbearers and remove the corrupting Mist.