Single-player games like King Lucas
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to King Lucas, 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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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
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.
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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
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Aeterna Noctis
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
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Rabi-Ribi
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...
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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
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Bookbound Brigade
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Bookbound Brigade is about beating the hell out of historical and literary characters you studied in school by leading a dream team of real and fictional heroes through a 2D side-scrolling platform-adventure.
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UnEpic
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Daniel was just an average guy. He was a great videogame player, a big fan of sci-fi movies, and a novice RPG player. In the midst of an RPG, he was teleported to a castle. At first, Daniel believed that he was having a massive hallucination.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Path to Mnemosyne
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with King Lucas.
Relax, empty your mind, activate your senses and step into the hypnotic adventure of the Path to Mnemosyne in the quest for the lost memories.
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Kolumno
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with King Lucas.
Don't let yourself be fooled by its minimalist looks, Kolumno is one of the most elegant and challenging games in recent time.
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Onirike
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Onirike is an original 3D adventure, puzzle and platformer video game which takes place in an intricate open world, designed with a non-linear narrative and presented with a peculiar audio-visual aesthetic.
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Minabo - A walk through life
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with King Lucas.
Minabo - A walk through life is a social simulation game where you walk the path of life while your turnip grows and thrives (or not) in its social relationships.
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Insectum - Epic Battles of Bugs
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with King Lucas.
Immerse yourself in the epic battles of "Insectum" and unleash the power of your monstrous insects. Face off against your rivals on the battlefield by strategically using cards.
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Bambas!
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with King Lucas.
Relive your childhood and turn every crosswalk, curb, and puddle into an epic adventure with this urban walking simulator.
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Cutout Village
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with King Lucas.
Cutout Village is a narrative, cozy, city-builder game in which you will have to build villages using simple and unique mechanics: cutting, folding and gluing. Restore the family home, revive your village and create spaces filled with fruit trees and histories to live!
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You Are Family
Single-player alternative to King Lucas — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with King Lucas.
You’re looking to disconnect in a secluded country house. A family welcomes you in. Soon, you’ll discover that feeling at home here… may be more real than you imagine.