Single-player games like Demon Peak
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Demon Peak, 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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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Demon Peak.
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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MindSeize
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
MindSeize is a 2D Metroidvania game set in a Sci-Fi-universe. Transfer your mind to a robot and rescue your beloved one!
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Battle Princess Madelyn
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!
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Spaceport Hope
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.
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Odallus: The Dark Call
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
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Street Fighter V
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Demon Peak.
Experience the intensity of head-to-head battles with Street Fighter® V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, then battle against friends online or offline with a robust variety of match options.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Demon Peak.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Demon Peak.
Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection brings together six classic titles in one game: Mega Man Zero 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Mega Man ZX and ZX Advent. The collection also features Z-Chaser, an exclusive new mode created just for this set of games.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Demon Peak.
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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NINJA GAIDEN 4
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Demon Peak.
The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.
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Ancestory
Single-player alternative to Demon Peak — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Demon Peak.
Turn-based strategy meets card game! Outwit your opponent on multiple different battlefields with cunning strategies. Build your own decks made of underworldly minions and powerful spells!