Single-player games like Pharaoh's Tomb
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Pharaoh's Tomb, 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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Hocus Pocus
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
Terexin, leader of the Council of Wizards, is sending the young sorcerer, Hocus, on a special mission to prove his worthiness.
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Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
What's green with red spots, has suction hands, and has an overbite like Bart Simpson? Of course, the answer is Cosmo! Cosmo is a young alien on his way to visit Disney World with his parents. That is, until their ship is struck by a blazing comet, forcing them to land on an uncharted planet.
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1001 Spikes
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...
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The Mummy Demastered
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
A powerful ancient evil has arisen, and the war to save humanity has begun! As an elite agent in the monster-hunting Prodigium organization, you must use a variety of weapons, upgrades, and mysterious artifacts to defend mankind against the supernatural hordes of Princess Ahmanet.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
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 Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
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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The Way
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
Journey to another planet and discover its secrets in order to bring your loved one back to life. Experience an adventure, inspired by old school classics like Another World, Heart of Darkness and Flashback.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
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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Arctic Adventure
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
Nevada wasn't satisfied with finding the elusive pharaoh's tomb in his first adventure. After months of searching and studying ancient maps, Nevada has stumbled upon the location of a tremendous Viking treasure cave. Join our intrepid hero as he heads for the Arctic in this stunning and chilling new adventure series!
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Bio Menace
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are Snake Logan, a top CIA operative who likes to do things his own way. Metro City has fallen under the attack of hideous mutants and your mission is to fly recon over the city and report back. While circling over the city you're shot down by hostile forces and forced to crash land on the streets of Metro.
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Monuments of Mars
Single-player alternative to Pharaoh's Tomb — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Pharaoh's Tomb.
When astronauts sent to explore mysterious structures on the surface of Mars disappear, NASA sends you to investiagte. Collect incredible articfacts and fight deadly alien creatures as you wander through the Red Planet's unexplained wonders to solve ancient mysterys.