Single-player games like 2nd child
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 2nd child, 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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Paladin Slayer
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 2nd child.
Paladin Slayer is a hack and slash / beat'em all game, in the third person. In a universe of medieval fantasy with intrigues and multiple environments. A story of adventures against a background of conspiracy
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Blade Abyss
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 2nd child.
Blade Abyss: A skill-driven hack-and-slash where blades meet chaos. Survive endless undead hordes and titanic bosses—dodge, parry, and shatter lethal combos. No gear grind or stats: pure combat mastery decides victory. Carve your legend in the steel abyss.
- 3
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 2nd child.
Enter the world ripe with magic and monsters. Become the Black Swordsman and slay thousands of enemies in an epic action RPG!
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FIGHT KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 2nd child.
FIGHT KNIGHT is a first-person dungeon-brawler! Grid-based dungeon crawling meets action-packed real time enemy encounters. Fight your way through puzzles and enemies to save those trapped in the Tower's eternal night!
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Breath of Life
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with 2nd child.
Breath of Life - a dark third-person action RPG. You are an Incarnation, born from the Void to tread where the dead cannot rest. Each portal is a step toward the artifact "Breath of Life" and a step deeper into the abyss.
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Crazy Flasher 7 Mercenary Empire(stand-alone Version)
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 2nd child.
The classic old web game action role-playing in 2010, fighting zombies in the last days, horizontal 2D games, firearms, cold weapons, mercenaries, gangs... Now a stand-alone version without internet is launched.
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GOD FORSAKEN
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 2nd child.
The God - Forsaken Land is a roguelike survival adventure game that combines the features of Diablo. In this abandoned land of despair, you fend off endless monsters, light a fire in the darkness, and search for that faint glimmer of hope.
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The Vagrant
Single-player alternative to 2nd child — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 2nd child.
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?