Single-player games like Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Death's Gambit: Afterlife, 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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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Minoria
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Blasphemous 2
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
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Vigil: The Longest Night
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's enigmatic sister, and confront the eldritch horrors lurking in a world that has lost the light of day.
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Chasm
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore the depths below a remote mountain town in this procedurally-generated Adventure Platformer. Taking inspiration from hack 'n slash dungeon crawlers and Metroidvania-style platformers, Chasm will immerse you in a fantasy world full of exciting treasure, deadly enemies, and abundant secrets.
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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
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The Last Faith
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
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Moonscars
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
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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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Adorables
Single-player alternative to Death's Gambit: Afterlife — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Death's Gambit: Afterlife.
Great game with the cutest characters you ever imagined