Single-player games like Ninjahtic
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Ninjahtic, 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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Ninjahtic Mind Tricks
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Ninjahtic Mind Tricks is an 8-bit hack-and-slash platformer with stealth, adventure, and puzzle elements. Like it's predecessor, Ninjahtic, levels have an open-ended nature and are presented in a linear fashion. Though, several features have been added to the predecessor's formula to create a more varied experience.
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An Imp? A Fiend!
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Stuck in the Underworld without the slightest clue why, a young fiend has a bit of a mystery to solve in this action/adventure platformer. With a world to explore, a past to uncover, and quite the task to complete, players must embark on a quest filled with monsters, towns, dungeons, bosses, and various platforming challenges.
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HIKIBYOU2
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
HIKIBYOU2 is an action/adventure platfomer with puzzle and stealth elements. A bit of what differentiates itself from the first title in the series, Hikikomori No Chuunibyou, is this successor's less realistic approach and more atmospheric vibe. Levels are once again open-ended with the story directing the player.
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Hikikomori No Chuunibyou
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Hikikomori No Chuunibyou is a pseudo 8-bit platform-adventure game with beat-em-up, puzzle, and stealth elements. With its storytelling directing the player through open-ended levels, progression through each stage requires usage of parkour-like abilities and martial-arts techniques.
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The Way of the Pixelated Fist
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
The Way of the Pixelated Fist is a parkour and martial arts inspired free-roaming cinematic platformer. While it blends together the gameplay concepts of The Prince of Persia and Karateka, they are presented with refined controls and other modern innovations to give the game an intuitive and fluid feel.
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Shin Samurai Jazz
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Shin Samurai Jazz is a platform-adventure game. It combines the likes of film noir and samurai cinema, presenting them with 8-bit graphics, an electro-jazz soundtrack, and a comic/manga-like style creating a unique atmosphere.
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Downwell
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Platformer
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Explore a new world, traverse randomly generated seamlessly wrapping landscapes, fight or trap monsters, dig for materials, craft equipment, find treasure and trinkets to increase your strength, build a house to protect yourself at night, dig deep to find greater challenges, unique weapons and more!
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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Tomb Raider: Legend
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ninjahtic.
Follow Lara Croft down a path of discovery as she travels the globe to remote, exotic locales in search of one of history's greatest artifacts, that unleashes unwelcome figures from Lara's mysterious past.
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Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ninjahtic.
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ninjahtic.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ninjahtic.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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samurai_jazz
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
An action/adventure game taking ques from both film-noir and samurai-drama's of old, "samurai_jazz" takes players on an adventure through an enigmatic city, engaging in sword-fights, encounters with mythological beings, and quirky dialog with the local inhabitants presented with a pseudo 8-bit style.
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iaidoka_interlude
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
A pseudo 8-bit action platformer taking a bit of inspiration from film-noir and samurai dramas, iaidoka_interlude applies a few parkour and fighting game influences to mix up familiarity with a little uniquity.
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Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin
Single-player alternative to Ninjahtic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ninjahtic.
Nil-Ninjahtic: Ronin is a pseudo 8-bit action platformer. While it integrates gameplay mechanics of the previous titles in the series, they are combined in a manner which differentiates itself from its predecessors.