Single-player games like Shadow Blade: Reload
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Shadow Blade: Reload, 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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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
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Super House of Dead Ninjas
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
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Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
After 34 years in the shadows, prepare to see this legendary action adventure in a new light! Looking and playing better than ever before, Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn is Tengo Project’s remake of a cult classic, that the fans have been waiting for.
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BLADECHIMERA
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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KUNAI
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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STEEL STRIDER
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Join the Turtle brothers straight from the sewers and slide into this new adventure of shell-shocking proportions!
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Children of Morta
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
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Wizard of Legend 2
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
Face perilous magical trials in the fast-paced rogue-lite follow-up to the acclaimed original, featuring co-op and vibrant new 3D visuals. Master new Arcana and elements, experiment with spell combinations, and become the next Wizard of Legend!
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Garshasp: The Monster Slayer
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
As the legendary Persian hero, fight your way in a journey to revenge and reclaim the legendary mace of his ancestors stolen by the Deevs. Purchase before 5/16 and save!
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Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon
Single-player alternative to Shadow Blade: Reload — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Blade: Reload.
The mighty mythological hero, Garshasp, travels into distant lands in search for the secrets hidden in the temple of the dragon, unaware of the hidden dangers and creatures awaiting him in the cursed lands.