Single-player games like METAGAL
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to METAGAL, 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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Mighty Gunvolt
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
Take control of one of three playable characters (Gunvolt, Ekoro, and Beck) as you blast your way past the baddies in stage after stage of side-scrolling action! Each stage ends with a boss encounter. Defeat the boss to complete the stage.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Panzer Paladin
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with METAGAL.
Hop in the Paladin power armor, seize melee weapons from the demonic invaders and give them a taste of their own medicine!
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Frogun
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
Join Renata as she adventures across a world of mystical ruins with the titular FROGUN! Frogun is an old-school platformer with the soul of the PS1/N64 era, in which your frog-shaped grappling hook is a your best friend!
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30XX
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Rosenkreuzstilette
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
Rosenkreuzstilette is a mega-action-platformer game in which you step into the shoes of Spiritia Rosenberg, a virtuous young woman caught on the wrong side of a revolution instigated by her closest friends.
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Bunny Must Die! Chelsea and the 7 Devils
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
From the creator of the Gundemonium Collection comes a thrilling new 2D action-platformer! Help Bunny escape the Devils’ Labyrinth and defeat the 7 Devils in this hilariously over-the-top action-platformer game. Battle through a large, connected map filled with unique enemies, traps, and puzzles.
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Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with METAGAL.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Mega Man Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with METAGAL.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is a celebration of the 8-bit history of Capcom’s iconic Blue Bomber featuring faithful reproductions of the series’ origins with the original six Mega Man games.
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Metaloid : Origin
Single-player alternative to METAGAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with METAGAL.
Metaloid: Origin is an fast-paced gun’n'run 2D platformer. Take on the role of one out of three android warrior's known as “Predator” and dash through 9 different levels in order to save their planet from an robot army led by Lucian Corp, whom invade their planet and exploit the planetary resources to fuel their galactic war efforts.