Single-player games like Ether
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ether, 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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Womb
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ether.
During a route next to Prasinos, a colonized little planet, Helena received an order to investigate an S.O.S. sign streamed by the mothership Z9. When landing on site, she discovers that the situation was much worse than she thought.
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Crimson Glaive Sigma
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ether.
Enjoy this 2D metroidvania-like bullet hell platformer. Jump, dodge and traverse using your jet pack. Find weapons and abilities. Fight bosses and escape an old space station drifting through the cosmos. You are alone, with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Just keep going! Persevere and triumph!
- 3
Xeno Shooter
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ether.
Xeno Shooter is a action shooter arena game! You play as a space cadet who travels to Andromeda with the mission of defeating the Primordials and thus, achieving a new home for humanity.
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Xanthiom Zero
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ether.
Play as Captain Grisham, and uncover the secrets of Planet 4-514 in this thrilling prequel to Side Scape!
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Narita Boy
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ether.
Become symphonic in Narita Boy! A radical action-adventure as a legendary pixel hero trapped as a mere echo within the Digital Kingdom. Discover the mysteries behind the Techno-sword, lock swords with the corrupt and tainted Stallions. Save the world!
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Rusted Moss
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ether.
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
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La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ether.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
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Viola: The Heroine's Melody
Single-player alternative to Ether — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ether.
Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.