Single-player games like ORCS
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to ORCS, 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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Platverse: ABYA's Adventure
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
A hardcore platform-action game! Robot ABYA wakes up in the depths of end - times ruins. With a special water gun, it starts to uncover the apocalypse's truth. As it explores underground ruins, ABYA leaps, climbs, and shoots, pushing survival limits and gradually revealing doomsday mysteries.
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How About Spikes
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
How About Spikes is a 2D metroid-vania like platformer. Fight your way through enemies and a lot of spikes while exploring the world of Garden Valley.
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Berserk Boy
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
- 4
Froggo's Adventure: Verdant Venture
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
A Simple and Bite-sized retro 2D Platformer about a frog on another side-scrolling adventure
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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Haunted Lands
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
Slay grim cultists, infernal minions, and nightmarish creatures in this dark and bloody retro-inspired action platformer. Uncover secrets, acquire powerful artifacts, and face challenging bosses in the Haunted Lands.
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Mute Crimson+
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
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Abathor
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
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Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with ORCS.
Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. Taking cues from both Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts and giving birth to something entirely new, Resurrection is a title worthy of its name.
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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with ORCS.
Invade the castle of the powerful Vampire Vania, face several difficult, exciting and sensual challenges to end this reign of horror and orgies.
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Kalinur
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
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Aleesha's Tower
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
A young woman named Aleesha was hunted and killed accused of witchcraft. Years later she comes back to take revenge on all mankind and it's up to you to stop her.
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How to Become a Ninja: Part 1
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
How to Become a Ninja: Part 1 is a very difficulty game that challenges the player's skills. In it you will have to go through 50 levels in order to become a Ninja.
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Starlight Squad
Single-player alternative to ORCS — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with ORCS.
Lead an elite squad of heroines in this high-energy vertical shmup! Blast through enemy waves, dodge deadly patterns, and take down epic bosses as you fight to free the galaxy from the grip of the Merlian Empire.