Single-player games like Spectral Trail
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Spectral Trail, 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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Mekkablood: Quarry Assault
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
The Year is 2082. You play the role of Bill, a grizzled, and extremely hairy robojockey. It's up to you to take the reigns of Bill's Mekk, with your friend Rusty, to get your revenge against TorxCorp, who's trying to steal your mining claim.
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HEADCUTTER
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spectral Trail.
HEADCUTTER is a sci-fi spaghetti western FPS with brutal combat, destructible environments, and lots of gore. Track targets as a space bounty hunter, explore maps with multiple routes, and use the crunchy gunplay to cut their heads off so you can get your money!
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Dracula Awakens
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
Kill monsters using your camera and solve puzzles as you try to survive Dracula himself in his castle in this retro-style survival horror game.
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Thirty Minute Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spectral Trail.
A short and sweet Survival Horror story with terrifying environments, a dark-ambient soundtrack and creatures hiding behind every corner. This is both a 90's classic PSX-style experience as well as a horrifying modern day adventure: The era and style of graphics is your choice. Good luck...
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Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Spectral Trail.
Far Cry® 3: Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter.Welcome to an 80’s vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world.
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Selaco
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
Selaco is a brand new original shooter inspired by classics, featuring thrilling action set pieces, destructibility, smart enemies and a fleshed out story taking place within an immersive game world.
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Ion Fury
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
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Beyond Sunset
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
Cyberpunk first-person shooter with a rich story and RPG elements. You are Lucy, an enhanced street samurai searching for lost memories. Fight in large, open, interactive levels overtaken by yakuza, zombies, robots and bosses!
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Fisherman Classic
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
Welcome to Fishy Archipelago! Go fishing, catalog your most rare fishes and sea creatures, buy and find skins, hats, boats and properties. Build your fishy empire. The retro world is yours!
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Jurassic Fantasy
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spectral Trail.
Follow a young wizard in his path to find the Magical Stones and himself in this Jurassic Fantasy!
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METROPOCRE
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
METROPOCRE! A violent, bloody and animalistic adventure. Follow Felix, a mentally unstable rabbit, in his path to acquire his dreamed pair of wings.
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A Fishy RPG
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Spectral Trail.
A Fishy RPG is a retro-style game about surviving, exploring and finding legendary fishes in a strange and procedurally generated universe. Find the truth about fish, the surface fishermen and also Satan in this unique role-playing game.
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Moshcave
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Spectral Trail.
Buff Murphy and obliterate hundreds of enemies as you crawl deep into the cave of Dr. Mosh! Moshcave is a retro-style action roguelite game with many different possible builds and strange enemies that gets progressively stronger.
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Chico's Family-Friendly Circus
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spectral Trail.
Welcome to your new job, champ! Take the 2:00-4:00 A.M. shift at Chico's Family-Friendly Circus and hope for the best! A short horror Point & Clicker with multiple endings and dancing clowns.
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SHOVELBOY
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spectral Trail.
SHOVELBOY is a retro-style platformer where you have to collect shovels in 21 increasingly difficult small levels. How fast can you go?
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Skiing Frenzy
Single-player alternative to Spectral Trail — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Spectral Trail.
It's skiing day! Skiing Frenzy is a 2D top-down, retro-style ski game where you can play Slalom and Free Ski modes, each one giving you different challenges and lots of fun.