Single-player games like The Curse of the Howling Woods
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Curse of the Howling Woods, 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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Freebooter of SPLORR!!
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
A retro style dungeon crawling parody game where you drink beer to improve your attack and try not to poop your pants while collecting jools!
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Adventure Realm
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
Experience the JRPG Dungeon Crawler! Join Lusio in exploring a new realm! Fight various monsters, earn dungeon coins, and discover the power of the Gemstones!
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Arwinia
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
Arwinia is a retro-style fantasy action platformer. Play as Trenton on a quest to find and bring a powerful wizard back from the shadows. As a ranger use your longsword, shortbow, and dexterity to navigate this perilous journey.
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Argol - Kronoss' Castle
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
Platformer action game, mixing gothic and mythological atmospheres.
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Moonlit
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
In this retro arcade style game, you take your character through the various scenarios, with beautifully explored themes, while having to deal with the werewolf curse. Will you be able to handle it?
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Struggle For Talyria
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
Struggle for Talyria is a 2D JRPG set in the land of Talyria, a world so acquainted with war that peace seems an unattainable dream. A tale of political intrigue, magic, legends, and above all... Hope. Hope for a world that is slowly losing it, generation by generation.
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Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
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Upgrader
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
A Top down action adventure upgrading rougelike, which introduces alot of ways to create the ultimate upgrader! Lots of customization with pets weapons and accessory's.
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Fractured Library
Single-player alternative to The Curse of the Howling Woods — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Curse of the Howling Woods.
An enchanted library - once bustling with life - now swirls with dangerous magic that is weakening barriers between worlds, causing some strange things to happen. Travel to the worlds within the pages to help the eccentric yet lovable librarian restore the library to its former glory.