Single-player games like The Blighted Core
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Blighted Core, 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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Unbowed
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Choose your fate in this single-player pirate Soulslike where you explore cursed lands, battle eldritch horrors, and pillage any treasure you find. Death is only a temporary setback on the path to mastering brutal combat.
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Edge Ember
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Edge Ember is a top-down action Roguelike game. You will play characters of different professions, embark on a threatening journey, challenge forces from all sides, and find the answer to save the city-state and the tribe.
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Tales of Acilain
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Explore the ruins of Acilain in this dark top-down action RPG. After losing your arm to the Dark Man, harness spectral energy to manifest a phantom limb. Defeat powerful generals, absorb their spirit essence, and solve intricate Zelda-style puzzles to break a 100-year-old blood curse.
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REVENGE CRYSTAL
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Awaken in a fallen knight’s body, kept alive by a mysterious living crystal. REVENGE CRYSTAL combines top-down Soulslike combat with exploration across a ruined world of interconnected paths and elemental magic. You are not the knight—you are the will driving him.
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Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Embark upon a vast, snow-ravaged kingdom in Tails of Iron 2, sequel to the critically acclaimed action-RPG. As Arlo, heir to the Warden of the Wastes, adventure through harsh northern lands, home to giant beasts and ragtag bandits, in an epic quest to overcome an ancient, blood-starved evil.
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Void Sols
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
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Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
The old world is gone, lost with the disappearance of the King. Reforge reality in this dark action RPG through skill-based combat, innovative open-world platforming and the testimonies of survivors… some more trustworthy than others. Are you ready, Wanderer?
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Immortal Planet
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.