Single-player games like Explosiovania
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Explosiovania, 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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Moadra
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.
Endure... Evolve... or die. Embrace the unknown and traverse a vast alien world riddled with bizarre creatures, deadly hazards, and grim mysteries. Seek redemption, and confront the terrifying sin buried in the depths of the forgotten planet Protea VI.
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Streets of Voidsk
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.
Explore the surreal city of Voidsk in a first-person atmospheric Metroidvania. Unlock new abilities, uncover hidden places, and choose your own path through its quiet, unsettling streets.
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Space Hole 2018
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Explosiovania.
Launch in and out of the space ball in Space Hole 2018! Myriad holes lead to plentiful Space Gems, opening further holes. New dimensions such as the Impure Light Zone and HoM, the Red Hot Dimension and Filled Space await the shuttle on its way. You Gotta Go in the Space Hole~
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UvsU: You vs You
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.
Outsmart your past self in a battle of cause and effect. Explore an interconnected clay world, discover its hidden rules, and uncover the secrets it would rather keep buried.
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Amanita
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.
Amanita is an introspective journey into your mind where the path seems to be only one, and it does not seem to be easy. Let yourself be guided by surreal characters in your thoughts, clash with your memories with sword blows, wander in your memory, play cards with your fears.
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House Of Decay
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.
House of Decay is a PSX-style 3D platformer-metroidvania. Explore a world of demons in search of your missing brother, leap across hellish platforms, uncover secrets, find strange pets, and fight cute monsters 🦷
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The Sword Game
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.
The Sword Game is a semi-fast paced retro styled 3D platformer, made to mimic shareware games of early 2000's. Your mission is to get the lowest time possible on all levels. You can cheat, find shortcuts, you have all the freedom in the world.
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Archetype and the Four Winds of Hell
Single-player alternative to Explosiovania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Explosiovania.
Master the four elements, and kill demons. In this short Metroidvania, you play as the Archetype, a legendary elemental master, on a mission to close a portal to hell and end a demon invasion. Learn new abilities, fight demons, and if you fail, be reincarnated with mastery of a different element.