Single-player games like A Bastard's Tale
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to A Bastard's Tale, 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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Void Sols
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
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Sifu
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.
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NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.
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Kusan: City of Wolves
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Kusan: City of Wolves is a high-octane hardcore top-down shooter where players fight through a brutal urban jungle ruled by gunfire and corruption to save Haru — a girl fitted with a city-grade atomic weapon.
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Unsouled
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Unsouled is a 2D action RPG game requiring immense elaborate control. Take a break from repetitive attack and dodge action by challenging yourself with the world of Unsouled.
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SINNER: Sacrifice for Redemption
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption is a boss battler action-RPG. Face eight abhorrent bosses, the first seven each based on one of the sins. Before each epic clash, you must sacrifice a stat and level down to enter combat. Each fight will be tougher than the last as you wage war against sin itself.
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Shing!
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
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Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with A Bastard's Tale.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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The Shadow of Shadows
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
Lilith is a young Shadow that wants to be a Light. She embarks on a journey to learn how Light is made but is about to find out a horrible secret. Will you help her turn the tides?
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Driven Out
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Bastard's Tale.
Beautiful 16 bit retro art style with fluid animations and deliberate combat. Read the enemy and act accordingly in this seamless world without any load screens.
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Hammer of Virtue
Single-player alternative to A Bastard's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Bastard's Tale.
A hammer-smashing action game with fully destructible environments. use your hammer for combat or smash the environment to launch debris towards your enemy to create emergent and chaotic gameplay interactions in a wild adventure.