Single-player games like Artifact Adventure Gaiden
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Artifact Adventure Gaiden, 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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Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas combines captivating storytelling, breathtaking 3D visuals and exciting gameplay into one epic action-adventure experience. In the game you explore the islands of Uncharted Seas, a world filled with many dangers, puzzles and secrets.
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Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
The world's speediest homage/roast to JRPGs! Can you save the world in 30 seconds? Get a quest, find those in need, fight through dungeons, earn cash, get cool loot and level up until YOU>EVIL. Don't have enough time? Pay the Goddess to reset the clock and try again! Over 100 mini-JRPGs for you to test your might with!
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Tales of ARISE
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Embark on an over-the-top, modern-day pirate adventure with an ex-yakuza, now pirate captain & his crew. Engage in exhilarating combat on land and sea in the hunt for lost memories and treasure.
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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
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Artifact Adventure
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
The horribly toxic Swamp King has risen once again! Gather your party and set out on an open world, retro-styled, RPG adventure. Powerful mystical artifacts are scattered about the world, each able to grant you new powers. Which will you choose? What is your destiny?
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World to the West
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.
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Legend of Zero
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
This is the next installment of Legend of Cina, it's a bit more simple and hopefully you will like it.
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Artifact Adventure Gaiden DX
Single-player alternative to Artifact Adventure Gaiden — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Artifact Adventure Gaiden.
Those tones, those colors... Featuring a uniquely Game Boy-like design and all-new adventures and tales.