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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 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026ActionAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Valfaris — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    House of Pain — Steam game cover

    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.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    They Bleed Pixels — Steam game cover

    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.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blasphemous — Steam game cover

    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.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Odallus: The Dark Call — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Volgarr the Viking — Steam game cover

    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.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beholder — Steam game cover

    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?

    2016StrategyIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Street Fighter™ 6 — Steam game cover

    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.

    2023ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle of Vania — Steam game cover

    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.

    2025ActionAdventure10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Valfaris: Mecha Therion — Steam game cover

    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!

    2023ActionIndie3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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