Single-player games like Paradox Soul
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Paradox Soul, 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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L'intrépide, le futur de l'imparfait
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Paradox Soul.
L'intrépide is a classic action/plateformer solo game with a touch of stupid humor.
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Outpost Delta
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Outpost Delta is a single player, 2-D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter for PC. Take on the role of Delta, the outpost’s emergency defense, who along with her AI companion must defend the space station against alien intruders.
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REDSHOT
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Multiplayer Update now available! Quick reflexes and clever strategies are required in REDSHOT, a bullet-time metroidvania where everything is deadly, but you are deadlier. Can you save the royal city from total destruction? ...Can you do it with style?
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ECHORIS
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Every weapon hides a world. A 2D metroidvania of vertical descent — step inside each blade you find, descend its Item World, and reforge it through layers of memory and reactive elemental depths.
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Far Star
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Far Star is a story-driven action-adventure game with Metroidvania influences. There is something fishy going on in this galaxy, but this won’t stop your intergalactic general services crew from doing their job using a varied set of skills, weapons and outfits.
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Rain World
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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Rusted Moss
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
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Berserk Boy
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
BERSERK BOY is a high speed action packed Platformer, with Metroidvania elements. Packed with vibrant and stylish pixel art. Go Berserk! as you change into different forms and use the power of Lightning, Fire, Ice, Air, and Earth to save the planet!
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Gun Crazy
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Gun Crazy is a fast paced and hectic arcade style action shoot em’ up sporting old school pixel art and a retro sound track.
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Death Fungeon
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Paradox Soul.
A puzzle platform game, with both stealth and parkour elements. Use your wits, cunning and agility to escape this deadly prison. Take the stealthy approach, progressing slowly, hiding and staying out of sight. Or utilise your athleticism to wall jump, ledge grab and speed run your way to freedom.
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Cybarian: The Time Travelling Warrior
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Cybarian The Time Travelling Warrior is a classically inspired arcade action game, with a mixture of modern and retro gaming tropes.
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Deathopolis
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
Deathopolis is an arcade style fast paced shooter. Take on a series of rooms collecting prizes and clearing out waves of enemies using guns and power-up abilities.
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One Gun Guy
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
One Gun Guy is a straight forward no nonsense action platformer, one giant level littered with player upgrades, hazards to tackle, enemies to destroy, a boss to kill, and multiple difficulty settings.
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BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad
Single-player alternative to Paradox Soul — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Paradox Soul.
A fast and frantic arcade extravaganza with tons of action and gallons of blood! It's up to Count Bloodvayne and his vampire powers to rescue his BATS teammates from Scorpion Supreme and STING's evil clutches.