Single-player games like 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition, 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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9th Dawn II
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
A large scale fully openworld RPG full of fast-paced action, dungeon crawling, with single or multiplayer adventures! Fight plenty of ferocious monsters, collect masses of loot and take on ancient lost puzzles within the depths of Caspartia!
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Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Craft your arsenal to avenge your fallen comrades and save the world from the fearsome forces of CLAW!
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Crescent Tower
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Aspire to reach the top of Crescent Tower that appears just once every 50 years! An authentic 8-bit style dungeon crawler RPG with a retro level of difficulty, where you repeatedly explore, level up, and traverse dungeons!
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Aggelos
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
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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Quest for Infamy
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Wealth. Women. Wildly offbeat jokes. Lie, cheat, steal, and embrace your inner rogue. Being bad has never felt so good.
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9th Dawn III
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
9th Dawn III: Shadow of Erthil is a massive open world RPG/dungeon crawler packed full of content – featuring more than 270 monsters to fight and capture, a fun card game with 180 cards to collect, and over 1,400 unique items to hoard!
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Torchlight
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Adventure awaits in the award-winning Action RPG debut from Runic Games! Explore the randomized depths of this boom town, collect loot, and level up to save Torchlight - and possibly the world.
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Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
D'arc is a sixteen-year-old Mage to be. A sinister plot threatens his initiation and risks plunging the land of Iginor into conflict and chaos. Choose from four classes and train in the Elemental arts. Master a unique range of spells to solve puzzles, battle monsters, and confront the ultimate evil.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
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Arcis Ultima
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Player finds himself in the war between human race and the invading creatures. You must train yourself, get the very best equipment, recall your past and help human efforts. Otherwise; as the time passes, you may find yourself in a hopeless situation.
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Diablo® IV
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.
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9th Dawn Remake
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Rediscover the magic of the 9th Dawn series with this complete re-imagining of the original game. Venture into a massive 2.5D open world. Explore 45 new dungeons in single-player or online/local co-op, craft weapons, raise pets, play a deck-building card game, and take down the Castle of Maltyr!
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Throne Quest Deluxe
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Throne Quest is a language-less, seem-less open-world Action Role Playing Game (ARPG). Fast-paced ranged combat with over 90 types of monsters and over 150 unique weapons & armor to collect. Level-up and train your class-skills to become an epic champion with one quest- to claim the Throne.
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Pinku Kult Hex Mortis
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Welcome to RAZORE CITY – a desolate, grim metropolis with one big problem: DEMONS. Control your own Razore City denizen as you investigate bizarre happenings around the city and track down the mastermind behind it all in this narrative-based RPG!
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Flewfie's Adventure
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Join Flewfie and friends on an epic side-scrolling adventure! Zap, beam, and fly your way through unique worlds and put an end to Uzzu’s chaos!
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Valkyrie Champions
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Team up with up to 4 online players and defeat hordes of monsters in this action based looter-shooter! Unlock powerful tiers of weapons and equipment to develop your character into an unstoppable champion!
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The Fox Hare Disaster: Chapter One
Single-player alternative to 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 9th Dawn Classic - Clunky controls edition.
Prepare to explore an abandoned mall from the 90’s in this first-person, psychological horror! Tackle puzzles and come face to face with the haunting creatures that lurk inside. Will you be able to make it out alive, or will you suffer the same fate as those who came before you…?