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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Mouseward
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Take up your sword and uncover the secrets of a cursed kingdom in this soulslike collectathon. Awaken as a Royal Mouse Guard, master combat, defeat foes and search for celestial fragments to restore a once great kingdom.
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The Purge of the Crystals
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Explore a shattered world forged by fallen gods. Journey across the remnants of a fallen empire and buried myths as you seek the truth behind an ancient catastrophe.
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Rogue Fortune
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Blighted Core.
A fast-paced action roguelite where your treasure is your health bar. Gamble your gold for the power to survive a hostile temple that wants it back. Arrange geometric relics into a puzzle grid to build devastating synergies.
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Grim Hope
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
Grim Hope is a stylized Hack and Slash designed for players who live for the perfect combo. In a world of suffocating darkness, you play as elite, strikingly beautiful warriors who turn the battlefield into a bloody runway.
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Mana Alchemy
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
An open-world bullet heaven RPG. Explore a cursed island, forge spells via alchemy, and arrange them in your grimoire like a puzzle. Mow down monster hordes and hunt your 7 ruling sisters. Your final choice—execute or forgive them—determines the ending of this dark fantasy.
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Debtrize
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
You're a debt collector tasked with tracking down everyone who owes a debt in the afterlife. Journey through grim lands full of dangerous creatures and old debts long overdue. Hunt. Kill. Negotiate. Not even death can save you from your debts.
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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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Master Π
Single-player alternative to The Blighted Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Blighted Core.
A fast-paced action shooter where dual-pistol combat, resource-driven abilities, and rhythm-based boss encounters combine into a skill-focused combat experience set in a post-apocalyptic world.