Single-player games like Hollowed
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Hollowed, 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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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
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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YesterMorrow
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
YesterMorrow is a single-player time travelling 2D platformer, mixing action sequences with puzzle elements. Follow the engaging story of Yui, who travels back into the past to save her family and the remnants of a world now trapped in Never-ending Night.
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A Juggler's Tale
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
Lead Abby the string puppet through a bruised, but beautiful fairy tale world in this cinematic adventure. Solve riddles, evade traps and shake off pursuers on the way to find freedom. Can Abby take control of her fate with all the strings attached?
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Pinstripe
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollowed.
An ex-minister ventures through the frozen depths of Hell in search of his kidnapped daughter.
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Aeon Drive
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
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Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
Built from scratch, enjoy breathtaking visuals, enhanced audio and improved, deeper gameplay as New 'n' Tasty reignites the original Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee using the latest next-generation technology.
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BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
With BADLAND: Game of the Year Edition, experience the multi-award-winning action adventure like never before - redesigned for Steam.
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Semblance
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
Semblance is an innovative platformer with deformable terrain, set in a beautiful minimalist world. It’s a game that asks, what if you could deform and reshape the world itself? Semblance takes the idea of a ‘platform’ in a platformer and turns it on its head.
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Portal
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Hollowed.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
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Outland
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
Outland is a fast-paced, dynamic platformer where the player uses powers of light and dark in an epic journey to save the world from forces of chaos.
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ReCore: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Hollowed.
From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.
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Trine 2: Complete Story
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
Three Heroes make their way through dangers untold in a fairytale world, featuring physics-based puzzles, beautiful sights and online co-op.
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Cuphead
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Hollowed.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game heavily focused on boss battles. Inspired by cartoons of the 1930s, the visuals and audio are painstakingly created with the same techniques of the era, i.e. traditional hand drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.
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Journey
Single-player alternative to Hollowed — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hollowed.
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.