Single-player games like CrossCode
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to CrossCode, 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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Chained Echoes
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with CrossCode.
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
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UNSIGHTED
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
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Eastward
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
Welcome to the charming world of Eastward - population declining! Journey through a society on the brink of collapse. Discover delightful towns, strange creatures and even stranger people! Wield a trusty frying pan and mystic powers on an adventure into the unknown…
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Sea of Stars
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CrossCode.
Sea of Stars is a turn-based RPG inspired by the classics. It tells the story of two Children of the Solstice who will combine the powers of the sun and moon to perform Eclipse Magic, the only force capable of fending off the monstrous creations of the evil alchemist known as The Fleshmancer.
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Ys Origin
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CrossCode.
The perfect mix of action, exploration and story with screen-filling bosses, unique platforming elements, and innovative puzzles.
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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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SCARLET NEXUS
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CrossCode.
Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.
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Hyper Light Drifter
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
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Phoenotopia: Awakening
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
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Alabaster Dawn
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with CrossCode.
Break Nyx’s curse and guide humanity's rebirth in this top-down 2.5D Action RPG from the creators of CrossCode. Battle enemies with stylish combos, wield multiple divine weapons, solve intriguing puzzles and explore a changing world.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CrossCode.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Crystal Project
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with CrossCode.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
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TUNIC
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with CrossCode.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
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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Secrets of Grindea
Single-player alternative to CrossCode — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CrossCode.
Secrets of Grindea is an old-school Action RPG with co-op support for up to 4 players. Journey through fantastical lands and battle tons of different enemies and bosses in your quest for truth, friendship and, above all, finding the world’s rarest treasures!