Single-player games like Hollow Knight
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Hollow Knight, 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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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Solateria
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
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There Is No Light 616
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Battle your way through the horrors and face the greater threats of these miserable lands! There is No Light 616 is a free version of the action-adventure There is No Light with 3 locations, a boss-fight, and an exclusive arena mode!
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
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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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
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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Unbound: Worlds Apart
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Ori and the Blind Forest
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hollow Knight.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
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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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hollow Knight.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollow Knight.
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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Immortals Fenyx Rising
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
Immortals Fenyx Rising brings grand mythological adventure to life. Play as Fenyx on a quest to save the Greek gods.
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced
Single-player alternative to Hollow Knight — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollow Knight.
The iconic solo pirate adventure returns. Sail the Caribbean as Edward Kenway during the Golden Age of Piracy in this faithfully enhanced remake featuring stunning visuals, upgraded gameplay, and new content.