Single-player games like Nine Parchments
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Nine Parchments, 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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Magicka
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology. The player assumes the role of a wizard from a sacred order tasked with stopping an evil sorcerer who has thrown the world into turmoil, his foul creations besieging the forces of good.
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Darksiders Genesis
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
DARKSIDERS: GENESIS gives players their first look at the world of DARKSIDERS before the events of the original game. Furthermore, it introduces the fourth and last horseman STRIFE, as well as Co-op gameplay for the first time in the history of the franchise.
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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.
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Killsquad
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
Hack and slash? Check. Twin-stick-shooter? Check. 4 player coop to slay hordes of aliens & bosses with your friends? Check. Skills, upgrades, weapons, gears, talismans and more to make you stronger? Check. Wake up, bounty hunter. We have a mission for you. Time to clean up the scum of the galaxy.
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Full Metal Furies
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
From the creators of Rogue Legacy comes a "true-cooperative" action RPG. FULL METAL FURIES puts an emphasis on team play with a unique combat system where everyone is important. Play on the couch, alone or with friends, or make it an online party for up to four players!
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Tricky Towers
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.
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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
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Super Cane Magic ZERO - Legend of the Cane Cane
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
Crash-land in the psychedelic world of Super Cane Magic ZERO, a local co-op Action RPG for 1 to 4 players! Immerse yourself in the mind-bending Story Mode or pummel your friends in 8 local Battle Arenas. Smash! Loot! Eat Rocks! Fight a really big fridge!
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NeuroVoider
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
NeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your character with the smoking remains of your victims, and defeat the master NeuroVoider.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Crawl
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!
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Moon Hunters
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Nine Parchments.
Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Aegis Defenders
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.
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Trine Enchanted Edition
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world of great castles and strange machinery, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!
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Trine 5: A Clockwork Conspiracy
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Nine Parchments.
The Trine series is back with its biggest adventure! In their fifth outing, the Heroes of Trine are pitted against dastardly and duplicitous villains, who will stop at nothing to seize control of the kingdom. The clock is ticking to save the world of Trine!
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Shadowgrounds
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
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Shadwen
Single-player alternative to Nine Parchments — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Nine Parchments.
Shadwen is a 3rd person stealth-action game where the only rule is to remain unseen. Stay hidden - or the ruthless guards will kill you on sight!