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Single-player games like Timespinner

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Timespinner, 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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    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night — Steam game cover

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Timespinner.

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!

    2019ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Indivisible — Steam game cover

    Indivisible

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Timespinner.

    Indivisible is a hand drawn action RPG platformer from Lab Zero, creators of the critically acclaimed Skullgirls! Set in a huge fantasy world, Indivisible tells the story of Ajna, a fearless girl with a rebellious streak who sets out on a quest to save everything she knows from being destroyed.

    2019ActionIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou Luna Nights — Steam game cover

    Touhou Luna Nights

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Timespinner.

    Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action.  Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Momodora: Moonlit Farewell — Steam game cover

    Momodora: Moonlit Farewell

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Timespinner.

    "Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Axiom Verge — Steam game cover

    Axiom Verge

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Timespinner.

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Iconoclasts — Steam game cover

    Iconoclasts

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Timespinner.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight — Steam game cover

    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Timespinner.

    Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chasm — Steam game cover

    Chasm

    Single-player alternative to Timespinner — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Timespinner.

    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.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →