Single-player games like Within the blade
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Within the blade, 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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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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Revenge Of Noxi
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
Play as the ultimate ninja badass Noxi using magic, sword and shurikens to fight off an army of monsters and save your loved one. Bring Noxi to the top floor of her ruined home over dangerous terrain with athletic jumps, flips, sprints and slides
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HEART ABYSS
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
Heart Abyss is a brutal action-platformer inspired by Japan during the 17th and 18th centuries. Wake up your inner beast and take vengeance on those who put a collar around your neck. Find your sister and uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of all jinkos.
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Slain: Back from Hell
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
Slain: Back from Hell. A heavy metal inspired arcade combat with puzzle elements and gore galore. Stunning visuals and true old school gameplay accompanied by the most metal soundtrack you've ever heard.
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Cyber Shadow
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
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Master Spy
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
Throw on your invisibility cloak and put your reflexes to the test in this brutal precision platformer brimming with espionage, intrigue, and betrayal! Featuring an Original Soundtrack by Grammy Award Winner RAC.
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Within the blade.
Strider returns in a brand new adventure, complete with incredible side-scrolling action, and lightning fast combat all in a massive interconnected world! Download the full game February 19th and become the original assassin!
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Volgarr the Viking
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
Return to the Golden Age of arcades with a hardcore action platformer that pulls no punches! Possesses all the hallmarks of true classics like Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts (SNES), Rastan Saga (Arcade), Castlevania (NES) and more with precise controls, high challenge, and meticulous design.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Within the blade.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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Shadow Blade: Reload
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
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STEEL STRIDER
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
STEEL STRIDER is the follow up to the acclaimed GIGANTIC ARMY and pays homage to the great run and gun games such as Turrican and Super Contra, but adds mouse / dual analogue stick-operated weapons!
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The Messenger
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.
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Shinobi Saga
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Within the blade.
Shinobi Saga is a one-life mini RPG with roguelite elements and interactive turn-based combat. Choose your Ninja team and embark on a journey into the wilderness to defeat evil spirits and save your village.
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First Samurai
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Within the blade.
In ancient Japan, a young samurai watches as his people and his Master are massacred by the hands of the Demon King. He swears vengeance and invokes the power of the Witch... Thus begins the pursuit of the Demon King through space and time - a bloody crusade where there is no turning back...
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Unshaded
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Within the blade.
A game from the creator of Within the Blade. Complete 100 hardcore stealth missions. Become a ninja master.