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: 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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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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Wulverblade
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Defeat the Ninth Legion of the Roman army in this side-scrolling, arcade-inspired beat 'em up set in Roman-era Britain.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infernax.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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Contrast
Single-player alternative to Infernax — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Infernax.
CONTRAST is a puzzle/platform game where you can move between a fantastic 3D world and a mysterious shadowy universe in 2D in the blink of an eye. Delve into a dreamlike and surreal 1920s world, inspired by the performance art world of vaudeville and film noir, and cradled by a smooth and sultry jazz ambiance.
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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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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 sidescrolling co-op action game where you fight a space alien criminal invasion with different skills and abilities.