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Single-player games like Elliot Quest

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Elliot Quest, 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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    Apotheon — Steam game cover

    Apotheon

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elliot Quest.

    Apotheon is a heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology. Ascend Mount Olympus, wrestle the divine powers from the Pantheon of Gods, and save mankind.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle In The Darkness — Steam game cover

    Castle In The Darkness

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elliot Quest.

    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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    Alwa's Awakening — Steam game cover

    Alwa's Awakening

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Elliot Quest.

    Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.

    2017IndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aggelos — Steam game cover

    Aggelos

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elliot Quest.

    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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    Dex — Steam game cover

    Dex

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elliot Quest.

    Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chronicles of Teddy — Steam game cover

    Chronicles of Teddy

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elliot Quest.

    Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin — Steam game cover

    Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elliot Quest.

    Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure0.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cathedral — Steam game cover

    Cathedral

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Elliot Quest.

    Make your way through more than 600 rooms, and unravel the secrets of your past by finding the five elemental orbs. Cathedral features a vast world, meant for exploring!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Adventure Game — Steam game cover

    Adventure Game

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Elliot Quest.

    A VR adventure game: explore dungeons, fight monsters, and solve puzzles to uncover the mysteries of a strange island

    2018ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ICARUS — Steam game cover

    ICARUS

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Elliot Quest.

    ICARUS is a solo or multiplayer PvE survival game. Explore a savage wilderness in the aftermath of terraforming gone wrong. Complete narrative quests as either Open World operations or Individual Missions. Explore, build, craft and hunt while seeking your fortune and prospecting for exotic matter.

    2021ActionAdventureSimulation34.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle of Vania — Steam game cover

    Castle of Vania

    Single-player alternative to Elliot Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Elliot Quest.

    Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.

    2025ActionAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →