Single-player games like Kong: Survivor Instinct
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Kong: Survivor Instinct, 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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Legion of Judgment: Fallen Angel
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Step into a gritty Noir world in this unique Action-RPG Metroidvania. Reclaim your lost powers by exploring deep within your memories, while managing a hotel in reality to rally allies and lead your legion to victory against the ruthless Werewolf Syndicate.
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F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
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Star Rift Saga
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Embark on a Metroidvanian journey across a mysterious alien world where every ability unlocks new secrets and every corner hides danger or discovery. Fight enemies and bosses across multiple biomes, collect items and skills on your quest, and upgrade yourself and even the outpost itself.
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War of the Watchers
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
A dark-fantasy metroidvania across ten realms and a hundred roads. Every keeper you face is sealed rather than slain. Voiced, hand-built, and made for players who like a road that does not tell them where it ends.
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Solaris: Good Harvest
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
A humble farmer sets out to rescue his chicken from monstrous abductors. Punch, slash, and parkour your way through elemental-infused chaos in this fast-paced 2D action-platformer!
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Walrus Run
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Walrus Run is a 2D Action Platformer, compatible with conveniently-shaped bongo controllers. Slide, dash and eat through obstacles to get a high score and take back your fish from the greedy Sargent Seal!
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Reggie & his Cousin: Two Scientists and Most Likely the End of the World
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Reggie's peaceful life is interrupted by a wild time-travel mission! Step into a playable hand-drawn animated story where you'll break physics to master the flow of gravity. Meet an absurd cast and uncover deep mysteries to fix (or screw) the universe’s future.
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The Throne
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
"The Throne" is a medieval adventure in true Metroidvania style. Get lost in a huge castle with 2.5D pixel art environments and increase your power with new abilities you find along the way. Fight fearsome bosses and navigate dangerous traps to make your way to the throne room!
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Monsters!
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Monsters! is a dual stick shooter with a retro feel complete with pixel art and leaderboards to achieve that good ol’ arcade feel.
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Tiamat X
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Featuring six levels of intense shooting action, Tiamat X is a rip-snortin tribute to the side-scrolling space shooters of yesteryear, and would be right at home blazing away on the screen of a booming, beer-stained arcade cabinet.
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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
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Bottomless Pitfall
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
A fast-paced, single-player 3D arcade game where players navigate an endless descent by dodging obstacles, testing reflexes, and aiming for high scores.
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Metroidvania
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.
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Jet Kave Adventure
Single-player alternative to Kong: Survivor Instinct — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kong: Survivor Instinct.
Jetpack through the prehistoric world in this Stone-Fiction adventure platformer. Enjoy challenging boss fights, flying over pitfalls, smashing through walls, knocking out enemies, and manipulating objects as you halt the alien threat once and for all.