Single-player games like Salene
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Salene, 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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Li'l Red II
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Salene.
Don the red hood and venture into this fabled adventure as Lyra. Metroidvania meets Top-Down Adventure in this challenging, side-scrolling tale.
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Celestial Lumina
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Salene.
Forge your own path by finding temporary tools or permanent abilities. Celestial Lumina is a 2D Pixel-Art Metroidvania where you ascend from the depths as the heir of a fallen underworld, to awaken radiant abilities & uncover the truth behind a heavenly world full of dystopian secrets.
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DOOMBLADE
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Salene.
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
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BIOMORPH
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Salene.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
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Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Salene.
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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Quarion
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Salene.
A short 2D pixel-style metroidvania where you explore, fight bosses, aquire items and abilities and find secrets. Inspired by games such as You Have to Win the Game and VVVVVV.
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Babushka's Glitch Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Salene.
Oh hello dearie.. Babushka needs to clean up her big magical cellar. Use hag magic, or just hit stuff with your broom.
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Akatori
Single-player alternative to Salene — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Salene.
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.