Single-player games like Horace
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Horace, 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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Cave Story+
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.
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Owlboy
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
Owlboy is a story-driven platform adventure game, where you can fly and explore a brand new world in the clouds! Pick up your friends, and bring them with you as you explore the open skies, in one of the most detailed adventures of this era.
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The Messenger
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
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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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Horace.
“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
Critically-acclaimed action-RPG that takes the template laid down by classics like Wonder Boy, nails the 16-Bit aesthetics for nostalgia fans, but updates the mechanics to feel fresh and modern. Explore a beautiful open world and plunder dungeons, caves and forests to help take down epic bosses!
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La-Mulana
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.
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FEZ
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Horace.
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Horace.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
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Pizza Tower
Single-player alternative to Horace — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Horace.
Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.