Single-player games like Traps N' Gemstones
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Traps N' Gemstones, 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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Mini Ghost
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
"Mini Ghost" is a mini metroidvania in the 80's MSX art style and gameplay. It's the mini prequel of Ghost 1.0.
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Ghoulboy - Dark Sword of Goblin
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
Ghoulboy is a retro-inspired action platformer. Explore a magical realm of dungeons, towns, treasures and devious monsters.
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F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
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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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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La-Mulana
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
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Other Worlds India
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
Pure metroidvania game, adventures, secret locations, tons of weapons, and of course hardcore gameplay.
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Vulture Island
Single-player alternative to Traps N' Gemstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Traps N' Gemstones.
Help 4 friends escape Vulture Island in an exploration-oriented retro platformer.