Single-player games like The Shadowland
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Shadowland, 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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Omen Fall
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
Omen Fall is an action-packed, story-driven fantasy adventure game that draws players into a past woven with forgotten agreements. Fight against the darkness in this 2D metroidvania experience presented with pixel art graphics.
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MIO: Memories in Orbit
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.
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Big Fish
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
Explore an underwater dystopian graveyard of giant creatures that once swam the seas. Eat your way to the top of the food chain and grow into a powerful creature of the deep in order to restore an ancient technology and save the ocean from the sunken city's pollution.
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La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
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Solateria
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
Solateria is a hand-drawn action Metroidvania with parry-focused combat. A small fire warrior journeys to find the Primordial Flame, the world’s last hope against the Shadow Plague. Defeat foes with stylish parries and explore mysterious realms to uncover the world’s secrets.
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Aeterna Noctis
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.
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Fallen Tear: The Ascension
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
A story-driven Metroidvania where the allies you choose to bond with change how you fight and explore. Journey through the high-fantasy world of Raoah, uncover lost civilizations, and forge bonds that shape your path through a land on the brink of collapse.
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The Devil Within: Satgat
Single-player alternative to The Shadowland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Shadowland.
Join Kim Rip, a Royal Guard whose humanity is gradually slipping away, on a thrilling 2.5D action-adventure platforming journey in 'The Devil Within: Satgat'. Uncover the mysteries of a desolate realm as you engage in stylish battles against formidable foes.