Single-player games like Aeterna Lucis
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Aeterna Lucis, 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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Runic Curse Remastered
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
Runic Curse Remastered is a thrilling action RPG Metroidvania that transports you to a cursed island. Explore dark and diverse locations, battle hordes of enemies and mighty bosses. Forge your own playstyle by combining various weapons with magical runes to overcome all challenges.
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Toziuha Night: Nosferatu's Curse
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
Eight years have passed since the battle against Dracula, the hero of Transylvania who succumbed to the power of darkness. However, peace is once again in danger. A pair of young alchemists will fight against the curse of the demon who goes by the name Nosferatu.
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Bolt & Whalington
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
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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Winds Of Arcana: Ruination
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aeterna Lucis.
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
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Akatori
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.
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Aeterna Noctis
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
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Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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Summum Aeterna
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
Summum Aeterna is a fast-paced Roguelite inspired by the Metroidvania Aeterna Noctis. Create your own worlds, challenges, difficulty and influences in each new run. Die, learn, become stronger, and achieve victory. Death is inevitable, but glory is only for the chosen.
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Eden Genesis
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Aeterna Lucis.
Help Leah overcome a serious illness caused by her cybernetic implants. In this a platformer from the creators of Aeterna Noctis, you will face hundreds of challenges and secrets that unravel the mystery of Eden Genesis. Live this Cyberpunk 2D adventure.
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Genesis Survivors
Single-player alternative to Aeterna Lucis — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Aeterna Lucis.
Welcome, hackers, you're being transferred to Eden City to defend its citizens against the alien threat! Eden Survivors is a single-player survivor-like auto-shooter where players must defeat hordes of alien invaders until the extraction time.