Single-player games like Odallus: The Dark Call
Below are 15 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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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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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.
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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
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!
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Alwa's Awakening
Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
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.
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Chronicles of the Wolf
Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Hunt the legendary Beast of Gévaudan in Chronicles of the Wolf! Step into the boots of Mateo Lombardo in this epic adventure featuring brutal bosses, vast castles, and secrets to uncover. Narration by the legendary Robert Belgrade and other special appearances!
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Infernax
Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.
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Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Single-player alternative to Odallus: The Dark Call — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Odallus: The Dark Call.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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!