Single-player games like Dust: An Elysian Tail
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Dust: An Elysian Tail, 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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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
“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.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
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Bastion
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces.
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Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Constance
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
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.
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Crypt Custodian
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
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Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Defeat malevolent forces in this stunning Japanese-inspired roguelite world! Become a master of the Demon Blades and combat swarms of demons in a fantasy realm set in the Edo period. Through every journey, you will unveil the hidden truths concealed within troubled times.
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Outland
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.
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Shadow Complex Remastered
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
ChAIR’s fresh twist on classic side-scrolling design with modern gameplay is amplified in Shadow Complex Remastered. 10+ hrs of exploration and fast-paced combat from award-winning original game, updated with graphical enhancements, dynamic melee take-downs, and new Master Challenges.
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Aquaria
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Aquaria is an award-winning action-adventure game set in a massive underwater world teeming with life and filled with ancient secrets. Join Naija, a lone underwater adventurer, as she travels from hidden caves shrouded in darkness, to beautiful, sunlit oases in search of her past.
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Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
The definitive version of the smash-hit Metroidvania-style action-platformer, Guacamelee! STCE adds new levels, powers, challenges, and refinements to the sprawling, ridiculous, Mexican-inspired adventure of the original Guacamelee! Gold Edition.
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The Swapper
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.
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Child of Light
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.
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Terraria
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
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Never Stop Sneakin'
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
The Department of Sneakin' is the world's most elite stealth agency. Your mission: stop time-traveling master criminal Amadeus Guildenstern.