Single-player games like Ashworld
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Ashworld, 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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Survivor Jones
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashworld.
Vertical Platformer, Jump, Swing, Fight, Survive! When you die your soul is absorbed by the magical skull! Collect coins, purchase booster cards, try again!
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Cannibal Crossing
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashworld.
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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Peace Data
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashworld.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
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The Flame in the Flood
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashworld.
A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.
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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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Burning Knight
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashworld.
Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!
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ATOMINE
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
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Gunslugs 2
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
The Black Duck Army is back—bigger, badder, and armed with alien tech! In Gunslugs 2, chaos reigns as you blast through tanks, choppers, giant robots, and hordes of relentless minions. This action-packed, over-the-top run-and-gun adventure is a wild tribute to classic 80s and 90s action movies.
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Heroes of Loot
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ashworld.
A brutal mix between dungeon-crawler and shoot-em up. The dungeon will learn from you and become more dangerous every time you play!
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Space Grunts
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!
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Gunslugs
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
Lock and load for chaotic, fast-paced action in Gunslugs! Battle the evil Black Duck Army across wild, procedurally generated levels packed with explosions, jetpacks, chicken guns, and rogue-like permadeath. Unlock heroes, conquer bizarre worlds, and fight your way to the gates of Hell!
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Heroes of Loot 2
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Ashworld.
Control multiple heroes at once in this dungeon-crawling action adventure RPG, a mix of classic 80's Gauntlet-action and quests.
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Meganoid
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
Meganoid is a brutal, fast-paced platformer where every descent into its ever-shifting spaceship is a new challenge. Navigate deadly traps, outsmart security drones, and discover powerful upgrades to reshape how you play. Will you rush to survive, or risk it all to uncover its deepest secrets?
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Gunslugs : Rogue Tactics
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Ashworld.
Grab your bandana and get ready for Gunslugs : Rogue Tactics! Sneak, shoot, and explode your way through ever-changing enemy strongholds in this rogue-lite stealth-action mashup. Go full-on Commando or channel your inner Snake—just make it out alive. No mission ever plays the same twice!
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Space Grunts 2
Single-player alternative to Ashworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Space Grunts 2 combines some of the fastest turn-based gameplay with card-battling mechanics in a 1950's sci-fi roguelike setting.