Single-player games like An Automaton's Journey
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to An Automaton's Journey, 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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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Automaton's Journey.
Are you ready for the first Yoyovania?! In this 2D top-down adventure you'll explore a sprawling urban landscape, reinterpreting your surroundings through your mastery of yoyo tricks. Navigate the city's many districts, fight rival crime bosses, and regain the influence of the Pipistrello family!
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Kotama and Academy Citadel
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Automaton's Journey.
In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.
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Crypt Custodian
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with An Automaton's Journey.
Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.
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AI LIMIT
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Automaton's Journey.
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.
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Constance
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with An Automaton's Journey.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
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TUNIC
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with An Automaton's Journey.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
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Prince of Persia The Lost Crown
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with An Automaton's Journey.
Dash into a stylish and thrilling action-adventure platformer set in a mythological Persian world where the boundaries of time and space are yours to manipulate.
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Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King
Single-player alternative to An Automaton's Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with An Automaton's Journey.
Explore a huge open game world in classic action-adventure fashion! Prove your worth by fighting through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom!