Single-player games like The Wizard of Gloss
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Wizard of Gloss, 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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Almos – A Dream Painter's Tale
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Explore a hand-crafted Metroidvania where dreams and nightmares collide. Master fast-paced combat, craft powerful spells, and harness Color to restore a dying world while uncovering the truth behind the Dream Painters.
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Li'l Red II
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
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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Babel
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Explore the enigmatic Tower of Babel in this epic action-platforming adventure with challenging combat. Unravel mysteries beyond time and face terrifying creatures in your quest to uncover the disappearance of all gods and demons.
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Magical Blush
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Magical Blush is a top-down action-adventure where fast-paced elemental combat meets Metroidvania-style exploration. Chain spell combos, exploit elemental weaknesses, rescue survivors, and battle the powerful Elemental Lords as you explore the wondrous world of Wyn.
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Spider Dynasty
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Play as a spider free from traditional platforming limits. Crawl across curved surfaces, web-swing through a web-woven aerial kingdom, battle corrupted creatures on uneven platforms, and uncover the secrets of two royal dynasties and the fall of the silk civilization.
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ALLARA
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Allara is a 2D pixel-art Metroidvania soulslike set in pre-colonial East Siberia. Play as a shamaness defending her homeland, exploring mythic realms of the sacred world tree, battling brutal bosses, uncovering relics, and mastering a strategic single-skill combat system.
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Ninja Noboken Episode 2
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
A brutal 2.5D ninja action game built by a solo developer. Fast combat, precision platforming, and intense boss fights inspired by classic hardcore ninja games.
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LingYuanLu:The Abyss of Spirit
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Lingyuan Records is a hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania action-adventure game. In the Five Elements world, learn and collect enemies' spells, and use the mutual generation and restraint of Five Elements to defeat stronger foes.
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Lion Quest
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Take Jethro the Lion on a magical journey, traversing space and time to prevent the imminent collapse of the universe. Oh and your friend Ronald the Bear is missing, maybe you can find him whilst you’re out exploring?
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LQVE: Lion Quest Versus Expanded
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Jethro and friends return for a hypnotic voyage across the Lion Quest universe. Push the boundaries of time and space in this action-packed platformer and experimental party game for 1–4 players.
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M1: A Death in the Desert
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
When M wakes up in an abandoned hotel he has no memory of how he got there. In the bedside draw he finds a list with three names and a gun with three bullets, but what he does with this information is up to you. How far will you go to discover the truth?
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Lion Quest Infinity
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
Jethro the Lion and friends steal a magic grandfather clock and embark on an unforgettable adventure. Are they here to save the universe, or is it simply a marketing ploy constructed as part of an elaborate book tour?
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Sloth Tales
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
"It's called Sloth Tales and it's about Jimmy's search for his biological father. Quite frankly it's brilliant." – Wordsworth the Panda.
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CAPITALISM The action board game for one player
Single-player alternative to The Wizard of Gloss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Wizard of Gloss.
'CAPITALISM The action board game for one player' is a real-time board game/ card game hybrid with minigames.