Single-player games like Guardian
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Guardian, 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 Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
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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Constance
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
Constance is a 2D hand-drawn action adventure featuring a paintbrush-wielding artist, striving to escape from a colorful but decaying inner-world, created by her declining mental health.
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SteamWorld Dig 2
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
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Kotama and Academy Citadel
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
In the Academy Citadel, strength reigns supreme: only the most powerful survive and thrive. Fight your way through the high-tech Academy in your quest to get the highest of honors for a student, and uncover secrets that can save it in its direst crisis in this 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania.
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UNSIGHTED
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
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Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
Shantae embarks on her first full HD adventure! When a mysterious crime wave sweeps Sequin Land, it’s up to Half-Genie Hero Shantae to save the day! Use Shantae’s devastating Hair-Whip Attack to send monsters flying, or Belly Dance to transform her into more powerful forms!
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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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Minoria
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Guardian.
Ink and blood stain the streets of Ramezia. Witches must burn and sins must be judged. Venture forth as Sister Semilla to burn down the pillars of heresy in Minoria, an action-platformer by Bombservice, creators of Momodora.
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Verdant Village
Single-player alternative to Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Guardian.
You've washed ashore in a foreign land. With nothing to your name other than a few tools you’ll have to learn how to live off the land. Explore, grow crops, and meet the locals. How you live is up to you. Can you create a new life for yourself in the small town of Amberglen?