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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ITORAH
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
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Axiom Verge 2
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
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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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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F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
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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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Ultros
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Ghost Song.
ULTROS is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
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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 Maker
Single-player alternative to Ghost Song — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ghost Song.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.