Single-player games like Ember Kaboom
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Ember Kaboom, 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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8BitBoy™
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
Huge classic platformer with several power-ups and 8-12 hours of main story & 300+ hidden locations just begging for exploration · 56 big Levels · 5 huge worlds
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Akane the Kunoichi
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
You are Akane, a Kunoichi ninja secretely loving her master Goro, a noble samurai. One day Goro is kidnapped by the evil Hiromi - you have to rescue him, but it won't be an easy task!
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MagiCat
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
MagiCat is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the retro games from 16-bit era. The game features a cute magical cat adventuring 63 levels, each with their own unique boss battle spread across 7 worlds.
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Super Cloudbuilt
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
Rocket-powered 3D parkour platformer, built for speed running and exploration. Defeat enemies and overcome obstacles as you hurtle with break-neck momentum above a vast abyss. Collect power-ups, drop checkpoints and take your place on the international leaderboards.
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Taimumari: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
Retro-style platform game in keeping with the best traditions of games of our childhood! Take control of the Himari, the young female wizard travelling across various ages to settle the balance in time across the whole world!
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Curse of the Crescent Isle DX
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
A curse has befallen the Crescent Isle and it's up to you to save it. Luckily the curse has transformed your people into helpful monsters such as drills, blobs, icicles, and gravity flipping...things. With your monster subjects in hand you'll have to drill through rocks, maneuver through spiky terrain, freeze water to pass over the sea,...
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Broforce
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
Broforce is an action-packed side-scrolling run ‘n’ gun ode to freedom, putting you in control of an under-funded, overpowered paramilitary organization dealing exclusively in excessive force.
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Firefly Village
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ember Kaboom.
The Firefly Village awaits! A bite-sized, streamlined farming sim that focuses on moments that matter, without wasting a single second of your time. Build a homestead, raise crops, tend to livestock, make friends, and enjoy a pocket of paradise where farming is a delight and friends plentiful.
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Super Ember Kaboom
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
Super Ember Kaboom is a fast-paced, cute-and-colorful action game. It has tight controls and simple to learn, difficult to master gameplay that makes each level a joy to run through.
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Echo Isle
Single-player alternative to Ember Kaboom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Ember Kaboom.
A colorful mini-island adventure inspired by the handheld classics, built to be finished in an evening. Fight monsters, solve puzzles, and delve into four perilous dungeons.