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Single-player games like Magicians & Looters

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Magicians & Looters, 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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    Bookbound Brigade — Steam game cover

    Bookbound Brigade

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle In The Darkness — Steam game cover

    Castle In The Darkness

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Dangerous Dungeons — Steam game cover

    Super Dangerous Dungeons

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cave Story+ — Steam game cover

    Cave Story+

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

    2011ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom — Steam game cover

    Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    A legendary series returns with a grand new adventure! Enjoy a colorful action-adventure game made alongside Ryuichi Nishizawa, creator of the original Wonder Boy in Monster World series.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.89 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Panda Adventures — Steam game cover

    Super Panda Adventures

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    In Super Panda Adventures, you play as the brave panda-knight Fu, who is about to finish his training to become the new guardian of the Princess. At the same day of the big celebration party, some uninvited Robots show up to conquer the planet and take the Princess away in their Space Ships!

    2014ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aggelos — Steam game cover

    Aggelos

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Valdis Story: Abyssal City — Steam game cover

    Valdis Story: Abyssal City

    Single-player alternative to Magicians & Looters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Magicians & Looters.

    Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.

    2013ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →