Single-player games like Battle Princess Madelyn
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Battle Princess Madelyn, 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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Insanity's Blade
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity's Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a father's powerful grief and hatred. This is the tale of the sword's creation.
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Castle In The Darkness
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider is a side-scrolling action platformer that channels the golden age of classic 16-bit action games in a full-throttle quest for revenge. Created to defend a totalitarian state, the Moonrider rejects its programming and now seeks vengeance on its creators.
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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Wallachia: Reign of Dracula
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Wallachia Reign of Dracula is a retro-styled action platformer/shooter game.
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FOX n FORESTS
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
FOX n FORESTS is a 16-bit style action platformer with RPG elements! Switch seasons on the fly and wield your crossbow to unveil the mystery of the 5th season.
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Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX)
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Cursed Castilla (Maldita Castilla EX) is an arcade action platformer full of creatures from medieval myths from Spain and the rest of Europe, as well as from chivalric romances. The extended version of the classic Maldita Castilla, originally created by the indie Locomalito.
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Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Battle Princess Madelyn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Princess Madelyn.
Watch as this nostalgic yet completely reimagined storybook world unravels before your very eyes. Taking cues from both Ghosts 'n Goblins and Ghouls 'n Ghosts and giving birth to something entirely new, Resurrection is a title worthy of its name.