Single-player games like Talent Not Included
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Talent Not Included, 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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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Talent Not Included.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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Slime-san: Superslime Edition
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
Slime-san was minding his own business when suddenly… A giant worm appeared and gobbled him up! Deep within the worm’s belly, Slime-san has to face a decision: Be digested by the incoming wall of stomach acid... Or jump, slide and slime his way through the worm and back out its mouth!
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BattleBlock Theater®
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
Welcome to BattleBlock Theater! You’ve got no where to go but up...on stage. Play single player or co-op to free your friends and save Hatty Hattington! Jump, solve and battle your way through a mysterious theater inhabited by highly technological felines.
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Foul Play
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
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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Cobalt
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
Forget everything you’ve learned about combat. Cobalt’s slo-mo mechanic lets you perform moves that other games can’t comprehend. Discover the secrets of a distant colony in a cosmic campaign, take on challenges and rule the leaderboards, or face off against others in local and online multiplayer.
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City Climber
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.
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Guns, Gore & Cannoli
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
Guns, Gore & Cannoli - An over-the-top, comical and fast-paced action game with hand-drawn graphics set in the Roaring Twenties. An all-you-can-shoot fest where you embody Vinnie, a mobster with a mission in a city controlled by gangsters and plagued by zombies. Featuring up to 4-man local co-op.
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Disciples: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Disciples: Liberation is a mature, dark fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based combat. Liberate the land of Nevendaar and uncover the endless stories hidden within this richly detailed world where every decision has a consequence, and every wrong move could be deadly.
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Chariot
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Talent Not Included.
Embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. Guide a chariot containing the King's remains through underground caves using physics-based mechanics such as pushing, pulling, riding and swinging.
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Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Talent Not Included.
Pick your faction, Monster, strategy, and find out who gets to become King of the Undead!
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FATED: The Silent Oath
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Set in the mythical age of Vikings, FATED: The Silent Oath tells a tale of courage and sacrifice where an everyday father and husband must do the impossible to save his family from the destruction of the world at the hands of giants of old.
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Colt Express
Single-player alternative to Talent Not Included — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Plan your hold up, adapt your scheme, get rich and get out! The game inspired from the famous train robbery boardgame!