Single-player games like Cosmos: Stella Returns
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Cosmos: Stella Returns, 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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Bloopy & Droopy
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
A Game Boy style 8-bit platformer, giving you an old-school experience in which you can switch characters at any time and use your digging skills to make your way through the terrain!
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Swords & Bones 5
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
The fifth and final chapter of the saga: embark on an action-platformer fantasy adventure in pixel art and put an end to the demonic threat once and for all!
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Mama Die and Retry
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Mama Die and Retry is an old school action platformer that offers a challenging experience through 26 levels and 4 bosses. Fight with a working class hero and discover new horizons filled with a lot of aliens and threats. Use your broom against them. Each time you die, you will retry.
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Outpost Delta
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
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PLANET ALPHA
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
PLANET ALPHA, a beautiful alien world filled with mystery and danger. Pursued by relentless enemies, you must harness the power of night and day as you struggle to survive.
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PSYCRON
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
A fast-paced 2D handcrafted metroidvania with strange sci-fi environments. Something is roaming the halls, watching your every move.
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Bionic Bay
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
A scientist uses a unique teleportation instrument to escape an ancient biomechanical world filled with imaginative technology, deadly traps, and hidden secrets.
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Zapling Bygone
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Zapling Bygone is a twisted metroidvania where you murder your foes and steal their abilities by wearing their skulls and absorbing their consciousness into your hive-mind.
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OUTBUDDIES DX
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
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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Escape From Tethys
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...
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Cosmos Bit
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Cosmos Bit is an old school metroidvania that will take you in an extraterrestrial world painted with the legendary Amstrad CPC's colour palette, reworked for modern devices. The game is enjoyable for both veterans and newbies of this genre!
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Abduction Bit
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Abduction Bit is a NES-like arcade based on elements of some timeless classics from 80's (Bubble Bobble, Ice Climber, Mario Bros).
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SEEP Universe
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Kick butt in this retro 2D action-platformer! SEEP Universe is an indie game for PC inspired by the 8-16 bit era!
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Dragon Climax
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
A retro action martial arts game inspired by classics, like Kung Fu Master and Shinobi with modern elements!
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Super BOO Quest
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Super BOO Quest is a lighthearted game suitale for every kind of player, from casual to hardcore. It is a mix of arcade, puzzle, and stealth, to be played alone or with a friend. The game is presented with 16 bit-style graphics, as a tribute to Super Nintendo.
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Katana Soul
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Play as the samurai Kan and fight in a dark, demon-infested Japan. Face this 100% arcade experience without any credits or saves: you can only rely on your skills with the katana.
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Thunderflash
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Thunderflash is a "love letter" to the arcade games of the 80s. It is a Run 'n Gun game inspired by gems like Ikari Warriors, Commando and Heavy Barrel.
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Adventure Bit
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Jump, run, steal, fight, catch, and solve puzzles in this minimal-style adventure inspired by the golden age of the Japanese computer MSX!
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Swords & Bones
Single-player alternative to Cosmos: Stella Returns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmos: Stella Returns.
Swords & Bones inherits the spirit of the great 16-bit classics from the 80s and 90s, enriching the game experience with modern mechanics! Undead hordes and demons await you in this epic adventure!