Single-player games like Moonlighter
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Moonlighter, 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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Children of Morta
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
Children of Morta is a story-driven action RPG game about an extraordinary family of heroes. Lead the Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption. Will you be able to sacrifice everything to save the ones you care for?
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Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Moonlighter.
Experience an action-RPG with roguelike elements where you live the double life of an adventurer and a merchant. Dive into vibrant dimensions to fight enemies, gather loot, and manage your backpack. Rebuild your shop and turn profits into gear for the next adventure!
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Moon Hunters
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Moonlighter.
Play alone or with friends! A co-op personality test about exploring an ancient, occult world in 5 days. How will you be remembered?
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Wizard of Legend
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
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UnderMine
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
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.
- 7
Hades II
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
- 8
Dreamscaper
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
By night, delve deep into your subconscious and discover powerful artifacts to conquer your nightmares. By day, explore the city of Redhaven and build relationships to unlock the power of your dreams. DREAM. DIE. WAKE. REPEAT.
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Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Moonlighter.
Recettear is the story of an item shop, the girl who lives in it, and the fairy who turned her life upside down. Recette Lemongrass finds herself in charge of an item shop built into her house, in order to pay back a loan her father took and then skipped out on - and Tear, her newfound fairy "companion", won't take no for an answer!
- 10
Stardew Valley
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Moonlighter.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
- 11
The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
- 12
Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
- 14
Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
- 15
Lenna's Inception
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
The legendary hero is dead, and a strange glitch is spreading across the kingdom. Explore dangerous dungeons, and defeat the eight archangels to restore order to an unraveling world in this epic action-adventure RPG.
- 16
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Moonlighter.
Welcome to the eastern nation of Azuma! In this fresh take on Rune Factory, use your powers as an Earth Dancer to restore the land, its people, and even its gods. Along the way, battle corrupted monsters, rebuild seasonal farms and villages, and form bonds with the colorful locals.
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Cataclismo
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
- 18
The Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story™
Single-player alternative to Moonlighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Moonlighter.
From Digital Sun, creators of Moonlighter, The Mageseeker is an action RPG in the League of Legends universe. Play as Sylas, a mage now freed from years in captivity. Wield the chains that once bound you and liberate Demacia from the Mageseekers' tyranny.