Single-player games like Marrow
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Marrow, 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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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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CARRION
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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Voidwrought
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
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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Blood of the Werewolf
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
Blood of the Werewolf (2.0) Become Selena, loving mother, devoted wife and -- powerful werewolf. Take revenge on the monsters that have slain your husband and stolen your child, in this love letter to classic platformers.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Katana ZERO
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
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La-Mulana
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
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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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Marrow.
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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Exoder
Single-player alternative to Marrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Marrow.
Exoder is a frantic, fast paced, 2D, action platformer that will test your skills of reflex, resilience, patience and determination.