Single-player games like Xeodrifter
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Xeodrifter, 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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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Odallus: The Dark Call
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
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Mutant Mudds Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
Love pixels? Fond of platformers? Is there a special place in your heart for the 8-bit and 16-bit era? Want to have fun? Yes!? Well, you’ve come to the right place, my friend. Mutant Mudds Deluxe is a “12-bit” action platformer full of pixels and platforming fun!
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
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!
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The Mummy Demastered
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Xeodrifter.
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
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Spaceport Hope
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.
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Dementium: The Ward
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.
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Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
Here comes a challenge! Mutant Mudds Super Challenge!! Over 40 levels filled with malicious mutant mudds. This adventure is designed for super players; featuring a host of new platforming challenges and unique boss fights that will test your skills.
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Dementium II
Single-player alternative to Xeodrifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Xeodrifter.
The original Dementium II, restored by the team who made it. William Redmoor wakes with fresh staples in his skull inside an asylum for the criminally insane, where the walls peel back to reveal something worse. Fight, solve and survive the cult DS horror classic, now on PC.