Single-player games like Infernax
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Infernax, 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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Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Infernax.
Unravel the dark history of the Bloodstained universe and explore a hauntingly immersive 16th-century England steeped in a 2.5D gothic atmosphere, enthralling players in strategic battles, crafting, and exploration across a sprawling, cursed land.
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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Infernax.
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is an exploration-focused, side-scroller action RPG by Koji Igarashi. Play as Miriam, an orphan scarred by an alchemist's curse that slowly crystallizes her body. Battle through a demon-infested castle and defeat its master to save yourself, and all of humanity!
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Salt and Sacrifice
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Infernax.
Join your fellow Marked Inquisitors in this online coop successor to award-winning 2016 Soulslike Salt and Sanctuary.
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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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The Last Faith
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
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Charlie Murder
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.
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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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Metroidvania
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Explore a dark pixel-art metroidvania filled with fast-paced combat, challenging bosses, hidden secrets, and rewarding exploration as you unlock new paths through a mysterious world.
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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
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California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
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Sujimon Quest
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Infernax.
A village is under attack by fearsome monsters known as Sujimon, prompting one brave woman to team up with a yakuza to bring them down!
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CONTRAL
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Infernax.
Control two characters simultaneously with your keyboard and mouse! Use your left hand to guide the robot toward the goal while your right hand creates platforms to pave the way forward. Master a unique single-player, dual-control action puzzle experience.
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Just Shapes & Beats
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
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Berzerk Flashback
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Three dudes in their twenties, they shared a goal, they shared a dream, ♫ To make Flash gaaames ♫ RIP Flash 1996-2020
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Zombidle : REMONSTERED
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Infernax.
Like the song says, good guys finish last, and in this case, they also finish homeless and on fire. Welcome to Zombidle, Berzerk Studio's newest idle game, or tap game; whatever, you do you, man.
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Maximum Thunderness
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
An extreme response to minor problems. MAXIMUM THUNDERNESS is a roguelike side-scrolling co-op action game where you battle space alien criminals attempting to conquer Earth through a series of increasingly petty crimes.