Single-player games like Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, 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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Foxyland 2
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Get ready to plunge into an exciting new platforming adventure with Foxy!
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Blazing Chrome
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!
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Aeon Drive
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
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Abathor
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
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Mighty No. 9
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Mighty No. 9 is a 2D Side-scrolling Action game that takes the best elements from 8 and 16-bit classics that you know and love and transforms them with modern tech, fresh mechanics, and fan input into something fresh and amazing!
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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OUTBUDDIES DX
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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Magicka
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
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Sonic Generations Collection
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Celebrate 20 years of Sonic in an all new adventure that delivers a definitive experience to Sonic fans new and old!
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Return to the Calvard Republic and unravel the mystery of the crimson beast! One day, a shocking series of murders set the wheels of fate into motion once again. Chaos looming on the horizon, the spriggan Van Arkride receives an unexpected visitor. Who is behind the murders, and what is their goal?
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Super Marble Brothers
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Precision 3D platform game with cooperative or single player challenges above the clouds.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
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Shovel Knight Dig
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!
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Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Take control of Specter Knight, servant to the Enchantress, in a quest to recruit a cadre of knights and create the Order of No Quarter. Experience perfect platforming, world-class visuals, impeccable stage design, incredible music, and even meet a friend or two in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment!
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Mina the Hollower
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Whip foes, burrow through the ground, and explore a pixel-perfect world in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!
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Shovel Knight: King of Cards
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all! Leap, Shoulder Bash, gather new subjects, and strategize your way through this prequel in your quest to become King of Cards!
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Shovel Knight Showdown
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
Enter a world of never-ending battle! Duel with up to 4 local challengers and scramble after gems, or take control of your favorite characters, many playable for the first time ever, in Story Mode. Master every move, explore a vast array of items and locales, and discover new revelations.