Single-player games like The Forbidden Arts
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Forbidden Arts, 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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Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
A classic hand-drawn 2D Metroidvania action game, it's time for revenge! Use your Beastmaster skills to unleash your inner beast, fight with your heart-devouring sword and end the threat to Arborea, you decide the ending.
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Krut: The Mythic Wings
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
Krut: The Mythic Wings is a fast-paced hack and slash, side-scrolling platformer based on a 2018 Thai CG animated feature-length film "Krut: The Himmaphan Warriors", following the adventure of a Garuda warrior on the enchanted Island, Himmaphan.
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Ayna: Shattered Truth
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
Explore this immersive 2.8D Metroidvania fantasy world to uncover its mysteries along with forgotten secrets. Slay monsters with visceral combat skills to survive. Uncover striking abilities and upgrade existing ones to overcome challenges. Befriend odd characters or demolish existing friendships.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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REZ PLZ
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
A puzzle platformer with a new twist on co-op and single player gameplay. Solve puzzles, platforming challenges, and encounter dangerous monsters and traps that require you to KILL and resurrect your brother to advance! Death is just part of the adventure.
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Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
Wield the dance of the shaman. Reclaim your father’s spirit. Brave the beautiful and treacherous land of Kenzera with the God of Death in Tales of Kenzera™: ZAU, a metroidvania-style adventure crafted by Surgent Studios.
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
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Momodora: Moonlit Farewell
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
"Momodora: Moonlit Farewell" is the latest installment in the Momodora series. Join Momo, High Priestess of the village of Koho, as she embarks on a divine mission to save her people from imminent destruction at the hands of the demon hordes summoned by a malevolent bellringer.
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Keeper's Toll
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
Delve into Keeper’s Toll, an action-packed roguelite brimming with challenge and despair. Survive against an onslaught of relentless hordes and grueling bosses with skill-based ARPG gameplay. Embrace the darkness and cleanse these cursed lands.
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Victor's Video Vault
Single-player alternative to The Forbidden Arts — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Forbidden Arts.
It's 1995. The video store is alive. When the last customer leaves, the final rental rewrites reality.