Single-player games like Knytt Underground
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Knytt Underground, 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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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
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Eden Genesis
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Knytt Underground.
Help Leah overcome a serious illness caused by her cybernetic implants. In this a platformer from the creators of Aeterna Noctis, you will face hundreds of challenges and secrets that unravel the mystery of Eden Genesis. Live this Cyberpunk 2D adventure.
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SteamWorld Dig 2
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
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Kotama and Academy Citadel
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.
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Supraland
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
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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Hob
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
Transform the world of Hob! A new action-adventure from Runic Games, the award-winning studio behind Torchlight I and II. It's your chance. Make it home.
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Neva
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
Experience the moving tale of a young woman and her lifelong bond with a magnificent wolf as they embark on a thrilling adventure through a rapidly dying world.
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Rain World
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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Saira
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Knytt Underground.
Saira is a puzzle platformer with non-linear gameplay and a whole universe for you to explore. The game is heavily influenced by classic puzzle adventure games and uses a new unique graphical style combining high resolution photography into a lush and mysterious world.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Knytt Underground — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Knytt Underground.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.