Single-player games like Dark rune
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Dark rune, 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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Moi Mei
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
The fate of his brother in danger, May is going to be a dangerous journey.
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Tanglewood
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
Experience puzzle-platforming the way it’s meant to be. Designed and built on 90’s hardware, Tanglewood is a 16-bit love letter to the golden age of gaming. Guide Nymn home through a forest filled with danger, in classic 2D pixel-art style.
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The Path of Motus
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
Will you let other people stop you from pursuing your dreams? The Path of Motus is a game where your words have the power to destroy.
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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
Embark on a magical journey in Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed! Shape your adventure with the stroke of a brush and transform Wasteland as Mickey Mouse in this beautifully recreated 3D platformer.
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Semblance
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
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My Memory of Us
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
My Memory of Us is a moving fairy tale about friendship and hope in the darkest moments of our times. Enter a hand-crafted, gorgeously animated 2D world full of adventure, exploration, stealth and puzzles. Meet the kids brought up in different worlds and help them survive during times of occupation.
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ElecHead
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
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Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dark rune.
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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ICE FLAME
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
ICE FLAME - an exciting game about the adventures of an incredible cat who travels in search of magical fire through an icy mountain. However, on the way to his goal, he will have to overcome many traps and overcome various obstacles on his difficult path!
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Underground Prisoner
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
Underground Prisoner is a necromancer's journey through a world of dangerous adventures in search of a precious soul herb that can summon and control the souls of the dead. Explore dark forests, abandoned cemeteries and dungeons, fight terrible monsters.
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NAUS
Single-player alternative to Dark rune — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark rune.
NAUS is a thrilling 2D action roguelike that takes you deep into a dark dungeon for deadly battles against hordes of monsters and exciting adventures. Explore dark corridors and caves, where every step can be a challenge.