Single-player games like Sliding Hero
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Sliding Hero, 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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Isles of Sea and Sky
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sliding Hero.
A fantastic, oceanic, open world puzzle adventure. Solve innovative block puzzles while unearthing a mystifying story, gaining new friends that change the puzzle landscape, and unlocking powers that provide more options for how you choose to progress through the enigmatic Isles of Sea and Sky.
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Black Parallax
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sliding Hero.
Every lightspeed jump is instant for you, but not for the world. Explore the crumbling colony of the Small Magellanic Cloud, intrude on lonely survivors, and outlive everyone you've met.
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Vitrified
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sliding Hero.
Team up with ALAN the robot in this atmospheric post-nuclear metroidvania. Explore and fight your way through a beautiful but deadly post-nuclear wasteland, upgrade ALAN with abilities that unlock new areas, and uncover the secrets of The Worm.
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Our Metal Bowl
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sliding Hero.
Explore a broken world. Fight with a silent machine. Solve puzzles that break the rules. The game has already begun, even on this page.
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Lyden Lys
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sliding Hero.
Lyden Lys is a knowledge-based metroidvania about an existential journey through a lost homeland. Control the surroundings through music, explore a smoldering world, discover what happened to your people, decide the fate of your successors, and find yourself.
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Out of Body
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sliding Hero.
A puzzle game where your own death is the solution. Turn into a ghost, possess the dead, and use their bodies as tools to free trapped spirits from their own regrets.
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EDEN’S FRONTIER™
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sliding Hero.
EDEN’S FRONTIER is an Action RPG inspired by works from the 90s and 2000s. Pixel art + 3D environments, deep narrative, dynamic combat, and exploration, all set in the same universe as its manga! In the first demo, you are a young Bluveil, beginning an epic journey of discovery.
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The Forbidden Forest
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Sliding Hero.
Jump, dash, and climb through a vibrant wilderness as three playable characters in this action-adventure metroidvania. Explore a sprawling interconnected map, master unique abilities, and face powerful foes, all while uncovering the mysteries of this war-stricken world and one special cub.
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Red Ronin
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sliding Hero.
Red Ronin is a Turn-based but fast paced dash 'n slash game where a bloodthirsty ronin and her companion bot search for revenge.
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Yoku's Island Express
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sliding Hero.
Meet Yoku, the pint-sized postman protagonist of Yoku's Island Express! Use a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration to unlock the secrets of Mokumana Island, help the locals, awaken ancient deities and much more in this amazing new tropical adventure!
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Mines and Magic
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Multiplayer tower defense auto battler with economy. Combine unique abilities of your units. Expand territory and build mines to get resources. Find a balance between economy and army. Use spells to help your army. Relaxing, but challenging singleplayer campaign is available.
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Equinox
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Sliding Hero.
This game serves as a demonstration of a new approach to 2D fighting game development. All distracting elements were stripped away, creating a single dimension of play that forces players to rely on their fight mechanics and read the opponents' movements rather than mash buttons.
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The Big Below
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sliding Hero.
Take on the role of a little gnome exploring twisting, secret-filled dungeons in this retro, top-down adventure game.
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Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
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ANIMAL WELL
Single-player alternative to Sliding Hero — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sliding Hero.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.