Single-player games like Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, 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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Kodama: Slumber of the Gods
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Kodama is a 2D hand-drawn action-adventure set in the world of Japanese folklore. Experience fast-paced platforming, fluid combat, and a mystical journey through a colorful, spirit-filled land.
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Runnyk
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
A 2D mini action RPG about Runnyk, a viking who goes on a journey for the Four Magical Runes to find a way to save his beloved.
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Ayna: Shattered Truth
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Explore this immersive 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world to uncover its mysteries along with forgotten secrets. Slay monsters with visceral combat skills to survive. Uncover striking abilities and upgrade existing ones to overcome challenges. Befriend odd characters or demolish existing friendships.
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The Pale Piper
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Uncover the truth behind your death and your sibling’s in a story-driven precision platformer inspired by the Pied Piper myth. Navigate a decaying, interconnected world where movement is your only defense. No combat, only precision, consequence, and secrets hidden in the dark.
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LUCID
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Discover your own legend in LUCID. Platform through a crystalline world torn apart by calamity, absorb powerful abilities that expand movement and enhance combat against a diverse cast of enemies and bosses, all in gorgeous pixel art inspired by the golden age of 2D sidescrollers.
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Voidwrought
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
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.
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BIOMORPH
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
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Neverending AI Storybook
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Personalized AI-powered storytelling, built for you. Runs entirely on your machine with no online servers and no data collection, for the ultimate privacy.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
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.
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Dead Take
Single-player alternative to Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU.
Find your missing friend. Uncover the secrets within. Brave a luxurious and haunting mansion in Dead Take, a first-person psychological horror crafted by Surgent Studios.