Single-player games like Wayward Souls
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Wayward Souls, 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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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
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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Sparklite
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Sparklite is an action-adventure set in a whimsical & ever-changing land. Battle foes using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, & gear. Gear up for adventure in the dangerous corners of the procedurally generated world, take down titans of the mining industry, & harness the power of Sparklite!
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Mana Spark
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
A challenging action RPG with deep souls-like combat and rogue-like elements. Explore a dreadful dungeon and fight smart enemies that will plan and collaborate between themselves to defeat you.
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Pocket Rogues
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Pocket Rogues is a dynamic 2D-Roguelike with elements of Action-RPG, played entirely in real time. Raid endless dungeons, upgrade your Guild’s Fortress, and develop your own heroes!
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Trinity Fusion
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Three fractured realities. One collapsing multiverse. Fast, fluid combat in a dark sci-fi Roguevania where each run begins in a separate universe — then lets you fuse your parallel selves, powers, and worlds to create brutal, ever-evolving builds.
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Hollow Survivors
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Battle through hordes of horrific creatures as you hack and slash your way to the top of the Tower in this rogue-like dungeon crawler game. Choose from a variety of upgrades and weapons, and save the Tower.
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Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Rogue Heroes is a topdown, roguelite adventure game inspired by the Zelda franchise. Play solo or team up with your friends to combat procedurally generated dungeons and take down the evil Titans that threaten to overwhelm the land of Tasos!
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Gauntlet
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Working as a common grunt for CannoSec, you have been chosen by the owner to be a candidate as a distinguished Elite. A position thousands in CannoSec work hard to attain. However, you have to show CannoSec that you are a worthy candidate through the Certification Run. Are you meant for this?
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Crypt of the NecroDancer
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Darkest Dungeon® II
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Wayward Souls.
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
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Death Road to Canada
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
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Cannibal Crossing
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Cannibal Crossing is an action-survival game where you explore the randomly generated town of Earlsboro while scavenging, fighting hordes of enemies, building a base, and searching for a way to escape! Meet survivors with new abilities and lots of cannibals. Includes a co-op mode for 1-4 players!
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Dad by the Sword
Single-player alternative to Wayward Souls — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Wayward Souls.
Dad by the Sword is a First Person Swordfighting game with a heavy focus on tactical dismemberment, player creativity, giant spraying fountains of purple blood, and dad jokes. Play as YOUR DAD in his quest to fight evil glizzhounds, Wizzards, things hatched from eggs, and other vile Anti-Dads.