Single-player games like Metroidvania
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Metroidvania, 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
- 1
YuanQi : 元氣
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania.
"Yuan Qi" is a 2D action-adventure game where players harness Five Element powers to fight, explore, and grow stronger. Meditate to obtain martial arts charms, combine skills freely, and create unique combat builds through elemental interactions.
- 2
Boots Versus Plants
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania.
In the platformer from the creators of RRRR fights with mutant plants on the way to find a solution to the dark past. Overcome many thoughtful challenges and puzzles.
- 3
Setsuna
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania.
Play as "Setsuna," an android assassin. In this cyberpunk-themed 2D action-adventure game, traverse a futuristic metropolis ruled by a super-corp alongside your accompanying AI, clash with powerful enemies, collect abilities to explore the unknown, and search for the meaning of your existence.
- 4
Once We're Home
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania.
An Action-Adventure-Platformer-RPG-lite of our rescue dog Marduk, the zoomies-powered & always hungry husky! Find out how he found his home with us, and how we found family with each other.
- 5
RedCloak
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Metroidvania.
The story of Little Red Riding Hood begins in the forest with her companion Light in an unfamiliar place with no memory. Enjoy a full-scale side-scrolling action RPG with tough boss battles where even a moment of inattention can kill you, and uncover the truth about the lost world.
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KilLLine
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania.
Slip through a cursed gothic castle as a lone assassin. Move in the shadows, strike from melee or range, solve mechanism puzzles, and hunt the vampire lord that rules the ruins. A stealth-action platformer built on precise movement and deadly timing.
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Samurai Kento
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania.
Play as Kento, an Elder Samurai, and face the evil Yokai in this 2D pixelated mini action RPG set in Feudal Japan based scenarios!
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Cardbot
Single-player alternative to Metroidvania — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metroidvania.
Cardbot is an action-platformer game about traveling through dimensions to restore the world!