Single-player games like Cursebound
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cursebound, 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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Nova Odessa - The Strange Tower
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursebound.
Nova Odessa - The Strange Tower is an action / adventure roguelike where you play as a demon hunter lost in a haunted tower. Explore the tower and find new weapons and items to fight demons.
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Soluna Explorers: Tether Curse of Slimus
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursebound.
Soluna Explorers: Tether – Curse of Slimus is a relaxed action RPG where you play as the monster, hunting roaming adventurers in a living world.
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Song Of Aria
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursebound.
This is a single player role-playing adventure game, where you need to play as a human and go to a different world to defeat four disaster monster bosses, obtain their disaster core, and ultimately win the game!
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Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursebound.
Touhou Project, Komeiji Koishi's Action Game, with collision between sword and magic! Help Marisa hold a Sabbat of witches, and explore the way of treasure hunt with wisdom and strength. On the day of the war, there is the glory of death and no shame of life.
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Kromlech
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Cursebound.
Kromlech is an action-adventure RPG with rogue-lite elements, set in a dark fantasy world of swords and sorcery. Play as an adventurer whose quest for glory and gold takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself at the center of a world-ending calamity.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursebound.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursebound.
This is an anime-style Metroidvania game with an RPG progression system, numerous weapons for switching, and an emphasis on equipment building. It offers three switchable characters, smooth gameplay, impactful combat feedback, and anime-style story scenes.
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HordeCore
Single-player alternative to Cursebound — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cursebound.
HordeCore is a kick-ass side-scrolling shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world. Play alone, or as a team - and destroy, survive, craft, and explore!