Single-player games like An Imp? A Fiend!
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to An Imp? A Fiend!, 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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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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Jet Gunner
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Jet Gunner is a 2D platform action indie game that's full of Nestalgia. Full of action, gunfights, bosses and explosions so if you're into the whole 8-Bit vibe you should love this. From the sound, to the graphics to the flicker, this should pay tribute to those classic hard as nails, run 'n' gun games.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Super Cyborg
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Super Cyborg is an old school non-stop hardcore run'n'gun action game! You are an elite battle cyborg who is sent in to investigate a series of anomalies on a mysterious island. The merciless alien known as the 'Xirxul life form' has been awakened by unwitting scientists and now: all humanity is in danger!
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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Inexistence
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Discover a vast world full of mysteries and action in this Metroidvania-style game inspired by the classics of the 16-bit era.
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A Valley Without Wind
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
You choose how to play, and the world of Environ adapts around you.
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samurai_jazz
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
An action/adventure game taking ques from both film-noir and samurai-drama's of old, "samurai_jazz" takes players on an adventure through an enigmatic city, engaging in sword-fights, encounters with mythological beings, and quirky dialog with the local inhabitants presented with a pseudo 8-bit style.
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Shin Samurai Jazz
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Shin Samurai Jazz is a platform-adventure game. It combines the likes of film noir and samurai cinema, presenting them with 8-bit graphics, an electro-jazz soundtrack, and a comic/manga-like style creating a unique atmosphere.
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iaidoka_interlude
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting game influences to mix up familiarity with a little uniquity.
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The Way of the Pixelated Fist
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
The Way of the Pixelated Fist is a parkour and martial arts inspired free-roaming cinematic platformer. While it blends together the gameplay concepts of The Prince of Persia and Karateka, they are presented with refined controls and other modern innovations to give the game an intuitive and fluid feel.
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Ninjahtic
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Ninjahtic is an action/adventure platformer with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth. While it's progression is linear, the open-ended nature of every level requires exploration of an abandoned civilization located atop floating islands.
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Ninjahtic Mind Tricks
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Ninjahtic Mind Tricks is an 8-bit hack-and-slash platformer with stealth, adventure, and puzzle elements. Like it's predecessor, Ninjahtic, levels have an open-ended nature and are presented in a linear fashion. Though, several features have been added to the predecessor's formula to create a more varied experience.
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Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin is a pseudo 8-bit action platformer. While it integrates gameplay mechanics of the previous titles in the series, they are combined in a manner which differentiates itself from its predecessors.
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Hikikomori No Chuunibyou
Single-player alternative to An Imp? A Fiend! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Imp? A Fiend!.
Hikikomori No Chuunibyou is a pseudo 8-bit platform-adventure game with beat-em-up, puzzle, and stealth elements. With its storytelling directing the player through open-ended levels, progression through each stage requires usage of parkour-like abilities and martial-arts techniques.