Single-player games like Sockman
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sockman, 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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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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Rogue Legacy 2
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Rogue Legacy 2 is what you'd get if you mashed Rogue Legacy and a sequel together. Every time you die, your children will succeed you, and each child is unique. Your daughter might be a Colourblind Archer, and your son could be a Pacifistic Chef. Either way, one of them is getting conscripted.
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is the complete Shovel Knight collection, containing all 5 games in the epic saga! Dig, blast, slash, and bash your way through a fantastical, 8-bit inspired world of pixel-perfect platforming, memorable characters, and world-class action-adventure gameplay.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
A brand-new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the team behind Blasphemous, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound redefines the classic platformer saga in a spectacular, thrilling and challenging ninja adventure.
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The End Is Nigh
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.
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VVVVVV
Single-player alternative to Sockman — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Sockman.
VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?