Single-player games like Slain: Back from Hell
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Slain: Back from Hell, 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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Slain 2: The Beast Within
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
A brutal gothic hack-and-slash where steel and savagery collide. As Prince Akran, wield the sentient blade Bathoryn, embrace your werewolf fury, and battle through a dying world against the forces of Vroll. The quest begins now.
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Valfaris
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Set in a far corner of space, Valfaris is a heavy metal infused 2D action-platformer and the next game from the team behind Unity Awards finalist, Slain: Back From Hell. Brutal combat. Deadly enemies. Stunning pixel art. Savage soundtrack. Get ready to rip the galaxy a new wormhole.
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House of Pain
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
House of Pain is a brutal hack and slash platformer. Battle hordes of twisted gore-encrusted mutant enemies. Explore, fight and wield deadly weapons such as the chainsaw, axe, machete and flame thrower. Avoid deadly traps while surviving the terror legions of twisted monsters and huge creatures.
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They Bleed Pixels
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
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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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
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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Odallus: The Dark Call
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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Beholder
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
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Street Fighter™ 6
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Slain: Back from Hell.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
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Valfaris: Mecha Therion
Single-player alternative to Slain: Back from Hell — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Slain: Back from Hell.
Therion returns as the hunt for Lord Vroll continues. Pilot an advanced machine of death and destruction in this explosive 2.5D side-scrolling shoot ‘em up, and sequel to the critically acclaimed Valfaris. Strap in and unleash mecha hell!