Single-player games like Awakening
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Awakening, 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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Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awakening.
Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!
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AStation
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Awakening.
Astation is a digital game console that takes inspiration from the retro 999-in-1 cartridges. Dive into the world of Astation to discover a wide variety of games!
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Forehead Chip
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awakening.
Holdouts are refusing to get chipped! Chip 'em all and win the FOREHEAD CHIP! A pixel-shooter throwback to 80s+90s sci-fi, battle your way to multiple endings as a member of the Implant Corps, or discover secret hidden paths. Featuring single-player story mode, couch co-op, and up to 8 players PVP!
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Stigmatum
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awakening.
Cyberpunk 2.5D beat ’em up in a divided Spain—fight through cities like Madrid and Barcelona, escape a system hunting you, and make choices that shape multiple endings.
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MoonLess
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awakening.
Moonless is a challenging side-scrolling platformer in the style of classic arcade games of the 1980s, where you control a helpless astronaut who has been left stranded on the moon, and now has to face an invading alien force to earn a chance to go home.
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Captain Kalani Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awakening.
Control the captain after receiving a distress call from the biggest Factory of robots of the world. Discover the utopian world that hide a big mystery, and find out who are the Robot's Syndicate behind the truoubles.
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Dinopunk: the Cacops adventure
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awakening.
Welcome to "Dinopunk: The Cacops Adventure"! You're an amphibious dinosaur with the power of water. Face challenges, recover your stolen egg from a ninja, and surf in championships. 2D Jurassic action awaits!
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Overdeveloped: Requiem
Single-player alternative to Awakening — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Awakening.
Overdeveloped: Requiem is an Action-Adventure Platformer with Tactical elements about an Iaido apprentice in her quest for revenge, and self-mastery.