Single-player games like The Buried Pillars
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Buried Pillars, 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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Oh So Hero!
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
Oh So Hero! is a lewd furry metroidvania game! Play as the dragonesque Joe to fight and fornicate with your rivals, get intimate with a menagerie of anthropomorphic characters, and embark on a sex-filled adventure to win the mysterious alien tournament being held on Joe's island!
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
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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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Buried Pillars.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
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Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences. To achieve it, Xandria fights with a powerful whip and the power of chemical elements. Find out more about her in this modern metroidvania adventure.
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Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Blasphemous 2
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
The Penitent One awakens as Blasphemous 2 joins him once again in an endless struggle against The Miracle. Dive into a perilous new world filled with mysteries and secrets to discover, and tear your way through monstrous foes that stand between you and your quest to end the cycle once and for all.
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BLADECHIMERA
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
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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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Buried Pillars.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Hidden Realm of the Enchantress
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Buried Pillars.
Explore the dungeon and fight against various monster girls! A turn-based strategic dungeon crawler RPG that challenge your skills and endurance
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Running on Empty
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Buried Pillars.
Running on Empty is a minimal yet deep post-apocalyptic role-playing game with resource management mechanics (in 64x64 retro pixel graphics!)
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BeadsPopper
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Buried Pillars.
BeadsPopper is a casual tile-matching puzzle game with a simple RPG element. Battle against adorable monster girls by popping colorful beads!
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Charm Commerce
Single-player alternative to The Buried Pillars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Buried Pillars.
Run a business with adorable monster girls using power of desire! Employ girls, build your workplace and grow your business in the magical world. Unleash the charm of your team and watch your business thrive!