Single-player games like Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, 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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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Cyber Shadow
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
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OUTBUDDIES DX
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
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Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action-adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic. If you love games with perfect platforming, beautiful art, infectious music, lovable bosses, humor and levity, and real heart… Shovel Knight is for you!
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Axiom Verge
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.
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Gato Roboto
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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Alwa's Awakening
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Use your magic staff and progress through a large interconnected world where you'll solve puzzles, fight enemies and defeat bosses in order to help free the land of Alwa. Explore and uncover the secrets by using your platforming skills in this challenging and charming 8-bit adventure game.
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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.
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Rayman® Origins
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Experience the magical universe of Rayman with legendary 2D gameplay that has captured the hearts of millions of fans!
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Sonic Mania
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Sonic Mania is an all-new adventure with Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles full of unique bosses, rolling 2D landscapes, and fun classic gameplay.
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Super Mush Bros
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
SUPER MUSH BROS establishes itself as the most ABSURDLY ATROCIOUSLY AWESOME 2d platformer EVER!!! The game focuses on exploration throughout a plethora of vibrant and dull levels. Gameplay is seasoned with devilishly tricky bosses and moments when players can't figure where in the world they are.
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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Shovel Knight Dig
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Meet new friends and foes, visit strange lands, and outfit yourself in your quest to keep the entire land from collapsing underfoot! Jump, slash, and dig your way down an ever-changing chasm of mystery in Shovel Knight Dig, an all-new Shovel Knight adventure!
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Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!
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Shovel Knight: King of Cards
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all! Leap, Shoulder Bash, gather new subjects, and strategize your way through this prequel in your quest to become King of Cards!
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Shovel Knight Showdown
Single-player alternative to Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.
Enter a world of never-ending battle! Duel with up to 4 local challengers and scramble after gems, or take control of your favorite characters, many playable for the first time ever, in Story Mode. Master every move, explore a vast array of items and locales, and discover new revelations.