Single-player games like Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!, 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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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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Super Dangerous Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
Guide Timmy the treasure hunter through dangerous dungeons in search of the legendary treasure!
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
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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Cyber Shadow
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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MagiCat
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.
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The Messenger
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
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Ninja Senki DX
Single-player alternative to Nine Lives Ninja: Explore! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Nine Lives Ninja: Explore!.
Kinuhime was killed by a ninja demon. Now, Hayate has become obsessed with revenge! But can revenge bring her back?