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Single-player games like Odallus: The Dark Call

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Odallus: The Dark Call, 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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    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon — Steam game cover

    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

    2018Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Malleus Maleficarum — Steam game cover

    Malleus Maleficarum

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    A Metroidvania inspired by the mechanics and style of classic games in the genre. Help Mirabel find different ways to explore a haunted mansion and hunt terrifying witches while gaining new weapons and discovering more about the macabre experiments carried out by demonic beings.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castlevania Advance Collection — Steam game cover

    Castlevania Advance Collection

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Count Dracula is once more back from the dead... Join the fight against Evil in the Castlevania Advance Collection, a compilation of timeless action-exploration masterpieces!

    2021Action19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kalinur — Steam game cover

    Kalinur

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.

    2022ActionIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slain: Back from Hell — Steam game cover

    Slain: Back from Hell

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.

    2016ActionIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRIME — Steam game cover

    GRIME

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou Luna Nights — Steam game cover

    Touhou Luna Nights

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action.  Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death's Gambit: Afterlife — Steam game cover

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oniken: Unstoppable Edition — Steam game cover

    Oniken: Unstoppable Edition

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    When a global war nearly decimated humankind, an evil military organization called Oniken takes advantage of the situation to dominate and oppress the few remaining survivors. Even though any resistance to this organization seemed hopeless, a small rebel movement organizes strikes against Oniken.

    2014ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Berserker — Steam game cover

    Berserker

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Side scroller game with story-driven elements, based in old Viking age before all known written sagas and scripts, we follow Asbjorn as he must save and protect what he cares the most for.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound — Steam game cover

    NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Close Combat 4: The Battle of the Bulge — Steam game cover

    Close Combat 4: The Battle of the Bulge

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    "The Battle of the Bulge" continues the epic saga of the critically acclaimed and award-winning Close Combat series. Whether you command American or German troops, you decide when and where they will be deployed. History in the making is in your hands!

    2024Strategy5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle of Vania — Steam game cover

    Castle of Vania

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    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 →
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    Blazing Chrome — Steam game cover

    Blazing Chrome

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    In Blazing Chrome, bring your best pal and kick some metal butts to free the humankind while enjoying a classic run’n’gun, fully loaded with action and exciting fights!

    2019ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider — Steam game cover

    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.

    2023ActionIndie16.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spooky Station — Steam game cover

    Spooky Station

    Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.

    Welcome to Spooky Station! Prepare to be amazed and bewildered by our enigmas and puzzles, afraid of our deadly enemies and extremely challenging bosses. Tons of exciting stories and distinct fictional worlds await for you in this mysterious pack!

    2019ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →