Single-player games like CRYMELIGHT
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to CRYMELIGHT, 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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Oiran Survival: Edo Yokai Rush
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CRYMELIGHT.
Defeat, choose, grow, and break the battlefield. A Japanese dark fantasy survivor-style roguelite where you Limit Break 14 skills and cut down hordes of yokai. Defeat bosses, forge gear from their rewards, and face even stronger foes.
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Edge Ember
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYMELIGHT.
Edge Ember is a top-down action Roguelike game. You will play characters of different professions, embark on a threatening journey, challenge forces from all sides, and find the answer to save the city-state and the tribe.
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MOBU
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYMELIGHT.
Survive waves of bouncing enemies raining from the skies in this fast-paced action roguelite. Play as a superpowered monk, craft game-breaking builds, and conquer the chaos in sub-30-minute runs.
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Dark Sorcery
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYMELIGHT.
Dark Sorcery is a dark fantasy roguelite where you battle endless hordes, unlock powerful upgrades, and create devastating builds. Master movement, teleportation, and strategy to survive increasingly dangerous enemy waves.
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Hell Maiden
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYMELIGHT.
Traverse the depths of Hell and beat its toughest demons on your way to Heaven in this horde survival deck-building game inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Thorn Knight
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYMELIGHT.
Fight. Die. Rise. Until your vow is fulfilled. Thorn Knight is a dark isometric action rogue-lite where ruthless, combo-driven combat meets a tower twisted by cursed echoes and buried sins. Every fight tests your skill. Every floor leads you deeper.
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Kill The Music
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYMELIGHT.
Kill The Music is a Rhythm Action Roguelite about defeating hordes of enemies with musical instruments.
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Master of Chaos: Beat or Break the Game
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with CRYMELIGHT.
Pulverize your enemies for underestimating this cute little wizard by counter attacks, deflecting projectiles, unleashing face-melting ultimate abilities and building insane combos boosting your power until you are strong enough to beat the boss or break the game - Either way you win.
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CRYSTAR
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CRYMELIGHT.
For when I weep, then I am strong. Battle through Purgatory as Rei to help save her sister in this Action RPG. Switch freely between four playable characters, and uncover each one of their pasts to see the sorrows they have endured.
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Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The ultimate digital Vanguard experience that includes an original story set in the world of overDress! Compete with players worldwide with "Ranked Fight," play solo casually with "CPU Fight," and enjoy the game and experience the world of Vanguard at your own pace via many other fight modes.
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CRYMACHINA
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with CRYMELIGHT.
CRYMACHINA is an action RPG where mechanical girls strive to survive in a post-apocalyptic world to become “Real Humans''. But what does it mean to be a “Real Human”?
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Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days 2
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
"Cardfight!! Vanguard," has newly come to digital game! Over 3,000 cards for the Standard format! A brand-new original story shares the world of anime series unfolds! Enjoy your own cardfight experience!!
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The Caligula Effect: Overdose
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mobius. An idyllic world that lets people forget about the pain and problems of reality. Created by a sentient vocaloid program, μ (Mu), reality and fantasy have become blurred, allowing people to relive their high school years in bliss -- but just how real is a virtual happiness?
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The Caligula Effect 2
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Redo is a world without sorrow created by the virtuadoll Regret. Virtuadoll songs give Redo residents respite from their struggles. Our protagonists discover the truth and form the Go-Home Club to return to reality. Make your way home with companions bearing heavy burdens in this school-themed RPG.
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The Alliance Alive HD Remastered
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rise up and ignite the resistance in The Alliance Alive HD Remastered! Explore diverse realms, awaken new skills mid-battle, and forge alliances to challenge the Daemons that have taken over the world!
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Lost Dimension
Single-player alternative to CRYMELIGHT — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In the near future a terrorist mastermind, known only as ‘The End’, threatens humanity with nuclear armageddon. A special task force, the S.E.A.L.E.D team, are the only ones who can stop him: a group of young combatants with incredible abilities and each with a mysterious past.