Single-player games like DarkMaus
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to DarkMaus, 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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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DarkMaus.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with DarkMaus.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
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Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with DarkMaus.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
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Unworthy
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DarkMaus.
UNWORTHY is a hardcore combat-focused metroidvania without jumping. Explore a grim universe, discover new weapons and abilities, and defeat the vile creatures that plague the land.
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Void Sols
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DarkMaus.
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DarkMaus.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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Tails of Iron
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DarkMaus.
Tails of Iron is an epic RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the throne, you must embark on a perilous quest to reclaim your Kingdom. Explore a deceivingly charming world. Assemble a band of brave companions. Banish the merciless Frog clan!
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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DarkMaus.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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Mortal Shell
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with DarkMaus.
Their Flesh is Your Armor. Mortal Shell is a deep action-RPG that tests your sanity and resilience in a shattered world. Survival demands superior awareness, precision, and instincts. Possess lost warriors, track down hidden sanctums of the devout, and face formidable foes.
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Nother: an indie souls-like
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DarkMaus.
Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to DarkMaus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DarkMaus.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.