Single-player games like Maskborne
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Maskborne, 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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Sutra Pilgrim
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maskborne.
Set out on a journey through Sutra Pilgrim！ Hone your skills, gather powerful Artifacts, meet steadfast allies, and challenge fearsome Yaoguai Kings. Traverse a vast mythic world inspired by Journey to the West, seek the Sutra Pilgrim, and uncover the hidden truth behind this westbound journey.
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Cliff Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Maskborne.
Deranged trolls. Old thinking machines. Nordic inspired animals with dark backstories. Meet them all in this hand drawn adventure where you play as a moth, born without wings, exploring a dark world in search of the kingdoms lost light.
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Necrowave
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maskborne.
Experience the emotional life of a zombie with a microwave stuck on his butt. A 2D platformer with critical thinking based combat where each different enemy feels like a puzzle to solve instead of relying on brute hack & slash tactics.
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Li'l Red II
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maskborne.
Don the red hood and venture into this fabled adventure as Lyra. Metroidvania meets Top-Down Adventure in this challenging, side-scrolling tale.
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DOOMBLADE
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maskborne.
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maskborne.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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BIOMORPH
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Maskborne.
BIOMORPH is a dark metroidvania game where you become the creatures that you kill! Solve ingenious puzzles and navigate a stunning hand-drawn world. Meet quirky characters, rebuild a city, and uncover the secrets of a sprawling, fallen civilization… and of your own mysterious origins.
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Akatori
Single-player alternative to Maskborne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maskborne.
A colorful action platformer with metroidvania elements and a staff that unlocks unique combat techniques and new ways to overcome obstacles. Explore beautiful worlds, fight monsters, and help Mako stop the amber storms that poison all living things.