Single-player games like Skelattack
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Skelattack, 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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Pogona
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Spit your scales. Build your path. Master every challenge. Pogona is a challenging hand-drawn 2D metroidvania starring a tiny lizard who turns her own scales into platforms and weapons. Master a rewarding movement system, unlock ancient powers, and conquer a world full of secrets.
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Horace
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
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Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
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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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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OUTBUDDIES DX
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
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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Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
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Hollow Knight: Silksong
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
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.