Single-player games like Wald-Guard
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Wald-Guard, 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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Jump Adventures
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
Embark on a bite-sized journey across vibrant and distinct lands, each with their own challenges and surprises.
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Super Sketch Bob
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
A hand-drawn puzzle-platform adventure where you create ladders, bridges, and trampolines with a magic pencil. Explore five colorful worlds, unlock 70+ costumes, chase time-trial stars, and re-sketch the chaos threatening the world.
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Echoes of Nox
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
Explore the Echoes of Nox amongst the war between 3 factions of robots. Uncover new tools and take territory as the dynamically changing rooms switch hands between the different AIs and yourself. Reveal the secrets of the past and discover why you alone were left in this station.
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Vylan
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
Help Vylan on his journey to regain his lost memories in this Tile-Based platformer. Take on 100 levels in this platformer that flips the genre on its head.
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Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
Explore a dream world as the iconic Little Nemo, armed with toys, candy, and stuffed animals in this cute & colorful Metroidvania adventure. Experience NES-era platformer gameplay in a vast, non-linear world that has been hand-animated frame-by-frame, as you unlock new abilities to progress.
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Single-player alternative to Wald-Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wald-Guard.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.