Single-player games like Axiom Verge
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Axiom Verge, 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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Axiom Verge 2
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
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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Dex
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.
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Chasm
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
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Ghost 1.0
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
A mysterious agent, capable of becoming a digital ghost, sneaks aboard the Nakamura Space Station. This is where the fun begins: the station is well-protected with its heavy defences, never-ending arsenal of weapons, and mysterious artifacts. It will all have to be destroyed.
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Environmental Station Alpha
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.
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HUNTDOWN
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
In the mayhem-filled streets of the future where criminal gangs rule and cops fear to tread, only the bounty hunters can free the city from the corrupt fist of felony. Lay waste to the criminal underworld and make a killing in this hard boiled action comedy arcade shooter.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
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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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Axiom Verge.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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FEZ
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Axiom Verge.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
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Chronicles of Teddy
Single-player alternative to Axiom Verge — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Axiom Verge.
Chronicles of Teddy : Harmony of Exidus is a 2D Adventure / Action game with a Pixel Art Retro finish. Help Tarant in a quest, in which you will have to fight, use your sense of direction and hearing to accomplish your mission.