Single-player games like Koboo: The Tree Spirit
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Koboo: The Tree Spirit, 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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Shadow of the Depth
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
Shadow of the Depth is a top-down action Roguelite game. Delve into a dungeon world of light and shadow to eradicate the monsters that ravage your home. Be prepared to step into the abyss before you!
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Trinity Fusion
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
Three fractured realities. One collapsing multiverse. Fast, fluid combat in a dark sci-fi Roguevania where each run begins in a separate universe — then lets you fuse your parallel selves, powers, and worlds to create brutal, ever-evolving builds.
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ScourgeBringer
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
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Nightmare: The Lunatic
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
Nightmare: The Lunatic is a parrying action rogue-lite platformer game about escaping a nightmare. Constantly swap between 3 weapons, use special attacks, and avoid and parry enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by collecting powerful and unique totems.
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Katanaut
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
Katanaut is a fast-paced, Metroidvania-inspired action roguelite blending fluid combat and cosmic horror. Slash, dodge, and wield powerful abilities as you battle through a station sprawling with twisted, once-human horrors. Adapt, survive, and descend into the shadows to uncover dark secrets.
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Fallback
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
Lead the rebellion in an epic rogue-like adventure. Guide your jet-pack equipped post-apocalyptic volunteers through a labyrinthine underground complex by jumping, dodging, and battling against robot minions (and masters) to get to the surface — and bring life back to the scorched Earth.
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Crash The Core
Single-player alternative to Koboo: The Tree Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Koboo: The Tree Spirit.
A sci-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about building your own starting deck, equipping gadgets, summoning allies, and salvaging cards for different effects. Discover strange events, go fishing and gather Intel to uncover a conspiracy to take over the galaxy!