Single-player games like Pistil
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pistil, 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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Solaris: Good Harvest
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pistil.
A humble farmer sets out to rescue his chicken from monstrous abductors. Punch, slash, and parkour your way through elemental-infused chaos in this fast-paced 2D action-platformer!
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Vision Quest: A New Ascent
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pistil.
Vision Quest: A New Ascent is a challenging twin-stick action-adventure shaped by nature. Master lethal combat with precise, health-restoring critical strikes. Expand your comfort-zone as you conquer mental blocks and connect with bizarre and encouraging characters. The summit is calling.
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Cat-Astrophy
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pistil.
Cat-Astrophy is a fast-paced Action Roguelite that combines frantic combat, precision platforming and unique builds across procedurally generated planets. Every run offers new ways to play, death is permanent. Can you survive the cat-astrophe?
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KEMURI
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pistil.
KEMURI is a Yokai-Possession Action Adventure set in KEMURI CITY, where the everyday and paranormal cross paths. Explore as a Yokai Hunter, uncover the unseen with the FOXWINDOW, and wear their powers. Run the streets, race across walls, and cut through the air to dive into the supernatural!
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Project Jazzgame
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Pistil.
Project Jazzgame is An open-world action adventure where fluid parkour meets fast-paced free-flow combat. Leap across dense rooftops or fight through gang-controlled streets in a city built for momentum and mayhem.
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Mom, I'll Be Home Late
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pistil.
A PvE-Cozy-Extraction-Roguelite about the moment when you should really be heading home. Gather loot, grow stronger, survive a world that keeps getting more dangerous — and bring your backpack home.
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Secrets of the Burrow: Vixoria's Quest
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pistil.
Get ready to embark on a cozy action adventure about a Princess who won't go home, and a Knight who won't give up. Play as Princess Vixoria and Sir Foxalot as you explore a cursed forest, bash pesky gnomes, and gather ingredients for a potion that could change everything.
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Almos – A Dream Painter's Tale
Single-player alternative to Pistil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Pistil.
Explore a hand-crafted Metroidvania where dreams and nightmares collide. Master fast-paced combat, craft powerful spells, and harness Color to restore a dying world while uncovering the truth behind the Dream Painters.