Single-player games like Explodemon
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Explodemon, 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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We are Eva
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
Play in multiple dimensions at the same time, traveling through them at will in this innovative 2D platformer that defies boundaries! I'm Eva, by the way, and I promise we'll have fun! Or maybe not... Maybe we'll both suffer horribly... How should I know? I'm just a video game character...
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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Explodemon.
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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Tobe's Vertical Adventure
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
Two unique characters and a total of 4 islands and 16 levels to explore, Tobe's Vertical Adventure shall bring you back to the 16-bit era.
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Kero Blaster
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
C&F Inc. teleporters are going offline all over the place, and it's up to an intrepid frog employee to fix the situation.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?
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Squirbs
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
Squirbs is a challenging puzzle-platformer in which you control two cute blue Squirbs simultaneously with one set of controls. Looking for an awesomely difficult game? That's Squirbs.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Explodemon.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Explodemon.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Nuke Bomberman
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Explodemon.
In this exciting game, you will find yourself in a maze where every step could be your last. Your task is to navigate through the twisty corridors, using bombs to blast through walls and monsters.
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Stealth Bastard Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
Armed with only your wits and a pair of Stealthing Goggles, it’s your job to sneak your way through a deadly facility that’s determined to extinguish your fragile little life.
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Velocity®Ultra
Single-player alternative to Explodemon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explodemon.
Velocity®Ultra is an award-winning top down shooter that puts you in control of the galaxy’s only Quarp Jet, an advanced spacecraft with the ability to teleport at will. Tasked with rescuing survivors from a collapsed black hole, you’ll need to use both firepower and quick-wits to catapult the Quarp Jet through 50 levels of sci-fi action.