Single-player games like The Forbidden Forest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Forbidden Forest, 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 The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
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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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Constance
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
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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Crypt Custodian
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
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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Voidwrought
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
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Rain World
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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Primal Planet
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
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Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Forbidden Forest.
Uphold your pact with the Titan of Death, Epimetheus! Fight, climb and solve your way through a twisted tower as three unique adventurers, on a mission to save their village from impending doom!