Single-player games like Shadwen
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Shadwen, 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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Styx: Master of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadwen.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
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Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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Aragami
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
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Volume
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadwen.
Pure stealth action and infinite level creation from the award-winning studio behind Thomas Was Alone. Enter the Volume to halt Gisborne Industries' corruption and train the masses to rob from the rich.
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
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Styx: Shards of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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SUPERHOT
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadwen.
SUPERHOT is the smash-hit FPS where time moves only when you move. No regenerating health bars. No conveniently placed ammo drops. It's you, alone, outnumbered and outgunned. Snatch weapons from fallen enemies to shoot, slice and dodge through a truly cinematic hurricane of slow-motion bullets.
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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia Warrior Within, the sword-slashing sequel to the critically acclaimed Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time™. Hunted by Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of both carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death.
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Iron Danger
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Iron Danger is a tactical combat puzzler with a unique time manipulation mechanic. A never before seen combination that blends the tactical depth of turn-based games with the exciting action of real-time games.
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Prince of Persia®
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
The critically acclaimed Prince of Persia® franchise returns for the first time on next-generation platforms with an all-new epic journey. Built by the same award-winning Ubisoft Montreal studio that created Assassin's Creed™, Prince of Persia has been in development for over three years to deliver a whole new action-adventure gaming...
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Trine Enchanted Edition
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.
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Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
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Nine Parchments
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadwen.
Nine Parchments is a co-operative blast'em up game of magic mayhem from Frozenbyte, creators of the Trine series!
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Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadwen.
The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!
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Shadowgrounds
Single-player alternative to Shadwen — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shadwen.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...