Single-player games like Shadow Bug
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Shadow Bug, 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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Mute Crimson DX
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
Mute Crimson DX is an action-packed precision platformer where you guide Ninja on his quest to climb up walls, slice through bad guys and overcome great evils!
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Ninshi Masuta
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
Ninshi Masuta is a 2D action game where you are a ninja and have to save the city from the chaos caused by criminals.
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STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Shadow Bug.
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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Ninja Maker
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
Ninja Maker is a 3D platformer game that you can create your own levels. Unleash your creativity and design the levels of your dreams!
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
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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Shadow Blade: Reload
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
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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Super House of Dead Ninjas
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
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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The Messenger
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
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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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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DOOMBLADE
Single-player alternative to Shadow Bug — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shadow Bug.
Deep underground, Gloom Girl discovers DOOMBLADE, a sentient weapon hellbent on escape after eons in chains. Together, “Doom and Gloom” embark on a vengeful quest to unlock the powerful abilities and destroy the Dread Lords once and for all in this 2D Action Metroidvania.