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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Dust: An Elysian Tail page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Breaking Gates
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Intense 2D action with special attacks, aerial combos, and customizable combat in a vibrant, hand-drawn world. Upgrade your skills, forge new items, discover secret paths, and face challenging enemies on a journey to save the kingdom!
- 2
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.
- 3
Abyss Odyssey
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
- 4
The Vagrant
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?
- 5
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.
- 6
Absolum
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
- 7
Bladed fury
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
An action game set in the Ancient China, bringing players addictive experiences with its unique Chinese traditional art-style and sound design.
- 8
Minoria
Single-player alternative to Dust: An Elysian Tail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dust: An Elysian Tail.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
- 9
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.
- 10
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.
- 11
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.
- 12
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.
- 13
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.
- 14
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.
- 15
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.
- 16
Ori and the Blind Forest
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 for PC.
- 17
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.