Single-player games like SIMIAN
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SIMIAN, 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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Time Travel Shanty
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with SIMIAN.
Jump back and forth through time to escape the cursed island. Explore maze-like ruins, hack and slash undead guardians and plunder lost treasure. Gather your pirate crew in this isometric, metroidvania inspired, action-adventure, but beware: your actions in the past can affect the future!
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Mark of the Deep
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SIMIAN.
Shipwrecked on a myth-shrouded island, play as rookie pirate Marcus “Rookie” Ramsey and explore haunting biomes, face unforgiving combat, and unravel a deep-sea curse in search of your lost crew, the Angry Mermaids.
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Death's Door
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SIMIAN.
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
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Grim Axiom
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SIMIAN.
Enter a dark underground world in this soulslike adventure-horror game where undead monsters lurk around every corner, and uncover the mystery behind the ancient machines operating in its depths.
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Aetherium
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SIMIAN.
An isometric Action RPG sandbox in a collapsing world. Explore a global map, fight in intense real time combat, absorb soul cores and perform ascension rituals. Find rare gear, develop unique paths and strive to overcome the inevitable end.
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Arto
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SIMIAN.
You were created by the last brushstrokes of a dying god to restore color and life to the lands. Master an array of abilities and weapons, create more than eighty paint-infused projectile spells, and make choices that will help shape the future of this world.
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Lunarium
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SIMIAN.
Lunarium is an atmospheric fantasy A-RPG. Play as Ave, a light-armored knight, who teams up with Lune, a mysterious Starfarer. Together, they journey to save a dying world, engaging in challenging battles to retrieve the lost glow of the stars and forsaken memories, unveiling cosmic secrets.
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AI LIMIT
Single-player alternative to SIMIAN — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SIMIAN.
In the distant future when civilization is on the verge of extinction, people follow the legend of the Elysium in the last city, Havenswell. In this post-apocalyptic wasteland sci-fi ARPG, you will play as Arrisa, a Blader with immortality, and explore the city ruin to find the hope of a new life.