Single-player games like A Handful of Dust
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to A Handful of Dust, 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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Crimson Capes
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
Engage in fluid 2D pixel art swordplay, hunt down witches, fight monsters and experience the age of high adventure. Enter the guild of the Crimson Capes and explore a fantasy world of Sword and Sorcery.
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Kalinur
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
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.
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Salt and Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
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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Legendary Tales
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
Legendary tales is a VR Action roleplaying game with up to 4 player co-op. Collect items, enhance your abilities and fight your way through an ever changing dungeon to make your own Legendary Tales.
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Lords of the Fallen
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
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Blasphemous 2
Single-player alternative to A Handful of Dust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Handful of Dust.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.