Single-player games like Layers Deep
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Layers Deep, 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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Tia:weird hunter
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layers Deep.
Welcome to Tia: Weird Hunter, a hand-drawn 2D action RPG. Unleash fast, fluid combos, and take on fierce boss battles that will test your reflexes and skills. Play as the mysterious Scythe Maiden as you explore the vivid, fantastical city known as the Faceless City.
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The Last Comfort
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layers Deep.
The Last Comfort is a Metroidvania set within a child's subconscious mind. You must traverse through the child's memories, dreams, and nightmares as Tedd, his favorite toy, find the sickness, and save the child from a terminal nightmare.
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Winds Of Arcana: Ruination
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Layers Deep.
Discover the secrets of a sundered world as you help Aryn save his comrades in this story-rich, fully-voiced, 2.5D action-platformer. Fight terrible dangers and explore ancient mysteries as Aryn uncovers the forces that forge his destiny.
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Karma Exorcist
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layers Deep.
The underworld lies in ruins, ravaged by evil karma. In this unknown and perilous realm of the dead, you must fight against demonic forces, collect mystical artifacts, face the Yama Kings and the Ghost Emperors, sever the Karma, and reforge the path of reincarnation.
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Crown Of Silence
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layers Deep.
Crown Of Silence is a 2D Metroidvania adventure with Souls-like mechanics set in a gothic world. Forge your own combat style with diverse equipment, challenge ruthless bosses, and uncover the dark secrets of a silenced kingdom through environmental storytelling.
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Pain-Hatching
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Layers Deep.
A surreal game about a rooster, friendship, family, a cult, WOMAN, and chthonic horrors. With intense vertical gameplay and a deep narrative, it will deliver a true sense of catharsis!
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Chakana, Gold of the Gods
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layers Deep.
Embark on a 2D metroidvania adventure that immerses players in Andean mythology, focusing on exploration, combat, and discovery. Join Sinchi, a brave jaguar warrior, on his journey to free his people from the oppression of an usurping god.
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FinAle
Single-player alternative to Layers Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Layers Deep.
Play as Fin, one of Mother Planet's final Space Jockeys, in this 2D cosmic survival-horror about spreading music to a dying galaxy — and the horror of what the music hides.