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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Death's Gambit: Afterlife
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
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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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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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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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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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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Unbound: Worlds Apart
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Skelattack.
Summon portals to overcome vicious beasts, devious puzzles and fiendish platforming challenges. Master the unique powers of each portal to stop the collapse of reality, while exploring lush, hand-drawn worlds and unraveling a deep narrative full of mysteries.
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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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Outland
Single-player alternative to Skelattack — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Skelattack.
Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.
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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.