Single-player games like Chasing Styx
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Chasing Styx, 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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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Chasing Styx.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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I Hate Running Backwards
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Chasing Styx.
I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!
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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Chasing Styx.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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Super Hydorah
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Chasing Styx.
Super Hydorah is a nonlinear horizontal shoot’ em up designed to offer a challenging experience, sublimating the richness of traditional shmup classics. Face the menace of the Meroptians aboard the Delta Lance, alone or with your friends in this game with direct action and nostalgic art.
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Q-YO Blaster
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Chasing Styx.
Q-YO Blaster is a shooting game, with peculiar characters, strange enemies, weapons and many explosions. Enter the miniature world and stop the threat
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Spelunky
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chasing Styx.
Spelunky is a unique platformer with randomized levels that offer a challenging new experience each time you play. Journey deep underground and explore fantastic places filled with all manner of monsters, traps, and treasure.
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Just Shapes & Beats
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Chasing Styx.
"Just Shapes & Beats" is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly.
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Streets of Rage 4
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Chasing Styx.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
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Mamorukun ReCurse!
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Chasing Styx.
Everyone, gather at the YO-KAI Disco! The cursed shooting party begins! All past game modes, additional characters, and BGM are included at once!
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Reflection of a Fallen Feather
Single-player alternative to Chasing Styx — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Chasing Styx.
In Reflection of a Fallen Feather you are the enemy. Triumph in turn-based battles to transform into defeated monsters - each party member is a fusion of three monster types with near infinite customization. Find hidden treasures used to jump, smash, swim, and manipulate the environment.