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Single-player games like Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut, 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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    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse — Steam game cover

    Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Embark on an all-new adventure with Shantae, the hair-whipping belly dancing genie. After losing her magic, Shantae teams up with the nefarious pirate Risky Boots in order to save Sequin Land from a curse.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shantae: Half-Genie Hero — Steam game cover

    Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mystik Belle — Steam game cover

    Mystik Belle

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    A colorful pixel-art metroidvania/point-and-click adventure hybrid about magic, cute witches and joys of vandalism.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Piko Piko — Steam game cover

    Piko Piko

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Take control of Piko, our hammer wielding heroine, as you bash things up with a big hammer in this cute Anime-styled 2D metroidvania-inspired adventure! Uncover mysteries! Beat the bad guys who do naughty things! Explore the Piko Piko world with her floof fox friend!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon — Steam game cover

    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

    2018Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight — Steam game cover

    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shantae and the Seven Sirens — Steam game cover

    Shantae and the Seven Sirens

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Shantae is back in an all-new tropical adventure! In her fifth outing, the Half-Genie hero gains new Fusion Magic abilities to explore a vast sunken city, makes new Half-Genie friends, and battles the Seven Sirens in her biggest, most thrilling quest yet!

    2020Adventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 — Steam game cover

    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.

    2020Action5.24 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution — Steam game cover

    Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    Shantae's adventure comes full circle in this long-lost sequel!

    2025ActionAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DuckTales: Remastered — Steam game cover

    DuckTales: Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    DuckTales: Remastered is a beautiful hand-crafted reimagining of one of the most cherished 8-bit titles of all time. Go back to one of the golden ages of gaming, now refined with a level of detail that will please the most hardened devoted Disney or retro Capcom fan alike.

    2013ActionAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    River City Girls — Steam game cover

    River City Girls

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!

    2019Action29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Double Dragon: Neon — Steam game cover

    Double Dragon: Neon

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    River City Girls 2 — Steam game cover

    River City Girls 2

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!

    2022ActionAdventureRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition — Steam game cover

    Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition

    Single-player alternative to Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut.

    The ultimate edition of Shantae: Half-Genie Hero comes with all of the previously released DLC, Modes, and Costumes in one epic collection!  Includes an exclusive Blue Bathing Suit for use in Beach Mode!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →