Single-player games like Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero, 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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Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
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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Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut brings hair-whipping, belly-dancing to your PC! Play one of the most critically acclaimed handheld series of all time, now with brand new features!
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Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.
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Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Indivisible
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.
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Mystik Belle
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!
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DuckTales: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
DuckTales: Remastered is a beautiful hand-crafted reimagining of one of the most cherished 8-bit titles of all time. Go back to one of the golden ages of gaming, now refined with a level of detail that will please the most hardened devoted Disney or retro Capcom fan alike.
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River City Girls
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!
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Double Dragon: Neon
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!
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River City Girls 2
Single-player alternative to Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero.
The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!