Single-player games like Within the blade
Below are 14 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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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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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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SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Within the blade.
The iconic SHINOBI returns in an all-new 2D action platformer with a unique hand-drawn look created by the team behind the hit brawler Streets of Rage 4.
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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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Super House of Dead Ninjas
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
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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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KUNAI
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Within the blade.
KUNAI is a quirky, fast-paced action platformer. You play as Tabby, a tablet who joins the fight against a robot uprising. Use your kunai and ninja parkour skills to stop Lemonkus, the A.I.-gone-evil that almost wiped out all human life.
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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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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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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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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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NINJA GAIDEN 4
Single-player alternative to Within the blade — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Within the blade.
The definitive ninja action-adventure franchise returns with NINJA GAIDEN 4! Embark on a cutting-edge adventure where legacy meets innovation in a high-octane blend of style and no-holds-barred combat.
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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.