Single-player games like The Madness of Little Emma
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Madness of Little Emma, 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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Our Darker Purpose
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Journey to the dark heart of the Edgewood Home for Lost Children in this fiendishly difficult action RPG!When her teacher stepped out of the classroom a month ago, Cordy never imagined he would be gone for good. Now her fellow students have turned on each other as the school descends into chaos.
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Heavy Bullets
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.
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Straimium Immortaly
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Straimium Immortaly is a shmup roguelike dungeoncrawler. Explore the butts-hard procedurally generated Cubicus battling beasties, looting endless item and weapon upgrades and defeating huge boss meanies in your vengeful quest to eradicate the Queeni Emperess.
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Bard's Gold
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Bard's Gold is a challenging platformer that let's you explore eerie worlds in a quest for a Goblin that stole your gold. Help the Bard to overcome the dungeon’s many dangerous perils and use your new-found treasures to improve your character and to buy new weapons and gear!
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Just Get Through
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Just Get Through is a randomly generated platformer with roguelike elements. Featuring a destructible environment, sandbox mode, user-created levels, various gamemodes, hardcore mode, color palettes, deadly traps, explosions and more.
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Diehard Dungeon
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Combining its own unique take on the real-time roguelike genre, with a nostalgic 16-bit look and feel, Diehard Dungeon is a game that feels both familiar and quite different at the same time. Followed by a trusty, treasure collecting companion chest, you must make your way through the dungeons many randomly-generated rooms and levels.
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Full Mojo Rampage
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Full Mojo Rampage is a rogue-like game that takes place within the confines of the Voodoo reality. In this realm only the most powerful rites and powers can provide a safeguard against evil. Dying is not the end, only the beginning to becoming a stronger voodoo soul!
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
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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Don't Chat With Strangers
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Don't Chat With Strangers is an experience puzzle game, mostly taking place in a single room. The main character in the middle of the night is approached by a strange girl in an online chat. Don't die and solve the mystery of the girl.
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Lost Flame
Single-player alternative to The Madness of Little Emma — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Madness of Little Emma.
Lost Flame is a modern roguelike game featuring unique and challenging turn-based combat. Find your way in the ruined kingdom of Hiraeth while fighting against legendary warriors of the past and spawn of the unfathomable Abysm.