Single-player games like isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey, 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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Bolt & Whalington
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
Bolt & Whalington is a Metroidvania game where you play as Bolt, a Siamese cat exploring the floating ruins of Whalington. Reshape abilities and rewrite world rules with the "Setting Machine," switch mecha forms to craft weapons, battle enemies, and uncover the secret of Whalington.
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Setsuna
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
Play as "Setsuna," an android assassin. In this cyberpunk-themed 2D action-adventure game, traverse a futuristic metropolis ruled by a super-corp alongside your accompanying AI, clash with powerful enemies, collect abilities to explore the unknown, and search for the meaning of your existence.
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Phaze Shift
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
Switch, adapt, and evolve in Phaze Shift! A tag-team, action Metroidvania. Swap between two characters, fuse upgrades to forge new abilities, battle mechanized bosses, and explore a sleeping digital world in a hand-drawn diorama-style 2D adventure.
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UpBRELLA
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
A witch's adventure with nothing but an umbrella. Upbrella is a puzzle platformer where every trick you discover reopens the world in a new way, wrapped in cozy pixel art and a wordless friendship between a girl and a strange little creature.
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Shellbound
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
Shellbound is a 2D metroidvania set on a gigantic snail. You’re a parasite exploring a living world, battling and controlling enemies that will cause the ecosystem to evolve around you. Platform through diverse biomes, solve puzzles, and unravel your role in the giant creature’s life cycle.
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Li'l Red II
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
Don the red hood and venture into this fabled adventure as Lyra. Metroidvania meets Top-Down Adventure in this challenging, side-scrolling tale.
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Vitavania
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
🍂The most vibrant Metroidvania about a catgirl! Sandbox elements, divinity, and mysticism!
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Astropods: Dreamlayer Dragon
Single-player alternative to isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with isekizima: Ruins and Tails Journey.
“A magical Cave has just been found! We need explorers... now!” Team up in co-op, or play solo as Hemi & Acro! Adventure into a new world full of friends, mysteries & treasure! After all, no one knows what lies within this Cave... yet!