Single-player games like iaidoka_interlude
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to iaidoka_interlude, 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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Shin Samurai Jazz
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
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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Kunoichi Beat
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
Kunoichi Beat is a pseudo 8-bit, quasi-cinematic platformer with minor stealth elements. Playing as an urban ninja, much of the platforming is parkour-influenced as players will be making use of the environment with the urban ninja’s (slightly over-exaggerated) realistic jumping abilities.
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Freedom Planet
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with iaidoka_interlude.
Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with iaidoka_interlude.
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
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Battle Princess Madelyn
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
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Ninjahtic Mind Tricks
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
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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The Way of the Pixelated Fist
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
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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samurai_jazz
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
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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An Imp? A Fiend!
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.
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Ninjahtic
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
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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Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin
Single-player alternative to iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
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 iaidoka_interlude — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with iaidoka_interlude.
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.