Single-player games like Vicarius
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Vicarius, 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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NEO TITAN
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vicarius.
NEO TITAN is a challenging twin-stick metroidvania - Explore a world filled with dangerous alien ecosystems, discover new abilities, and challenge powerful Titans to save an ill-fated planet.
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Coral & The Abyss
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vicarius.
Explore a shattered, interconnected world filled with hidden secrets, challenging enemies, lost memories, and the eerie remnants of a failed mission.
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VXE
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Vicarius.
You are the virus. Slide, dash, and delete hostile processes in a violent ballet of pixel art and display shattering action. Customize circuit boards, summon hordes of digital familiars, and achieve ascension in this crunchy love letter to 90s shareware and modern bullet heavens.
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Foregone
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vicarius.
Foregone is a fast and fluid 2D action-platformer packed with legendary loot and stunning pixel art. Collect an arsenal of powerful weapons and unravel a compelling story of regret and conspiracy as you slice your way through hordes of enemies to save Calagan.
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Rusted Moss
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vicarius.
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
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God's Trigger
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vicarius.
Slay enemies with speed and precision in an over-the-top show of blood and explosions. Play solo or with others, make split-second decisions, dodge bullets, and use weapons and abilities to inflict violence in the most graphic way possible.
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Watcher Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vicarius.
Become a glutton for punishment and persevere, alone or with a friend, against 20+ merciless bosses and legions of skeletal nightmares in this savage yet charming 2D souls-like.
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Afterimage
Single-player alternative to Vicarius — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vicarius.
Afterimage is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure that emphasizes fast-paced combat with diversified character builds, non-linear levels, and a gripping story set in the ruins of a fantasy world.