Single-player games like Eternal Return
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Eternal Return, 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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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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The Last Faith
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Dive into the latest evolution of The Last Faith: a dark and gothic fusion of metroidvania and soulslike. Engage in merciless and precise combat with a huge range of weapons, firearms, and custom executions. Let nothing stand in the way of your journey to salvation.
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Vlad Voievod Dracula. Episode 1 Manhunt
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
If you enjoyed NES games like Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, Shatterhand, Jorney to Silius you have to try this game! Play as Vlad Tepes Dracula and fight your way to the Wallachian border to take your rightful throne in a new medieval Classicvania game with gorgeous art, and 10 playable characters!
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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
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Odallus: The Dark Call
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
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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Kalinur
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Defeat the mage Kalinur and bring peace back to the kingdom in this mini metroidvania with a lot of action.
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
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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La-Mulana
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
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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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Eternal Return.
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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Castle of Vania
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Eternal Return.
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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Void
Single-player alternative to Eternal Return — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Eternal Return.
Feel the inhuman tension of outer space - floating between bits of debris - struggling to conserve air and fuel - experiencing a hauntingly personal tragedy.