Single-player games like Ghost Song
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Ghost Song, 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
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Voidwrought
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
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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9 Years of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Fight to bring beautiful colors back to a hand-crafted world of darkness and discover the story of Europa, a young warrior, and her ghostly childhood companion, Apino.
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Crypt Custodian
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ghost Song.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
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Lone Fungus
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ghost Song.
“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.
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Moonscars
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Push the limits of your combat skills, and master new abilities to progress through an unforgiving nonlinear 2D world. Face off against the relentless darkness that seeks to destroy you. In Moonscars, every death is a lesson learnt—and as you overcome each challenge, new truths will be revealed.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ghost Song.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
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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Nother: an indie souls-like
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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SHEEPO
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
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Metroidvania
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.