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Single-player games like External Visions

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to External Visions, 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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    Castle In The Darkness — Steam game cover

    Castle In The Darkness

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    Castle In The Darkness is a fun and challenging shout out to the early days of video games! It's an action exploration platformer with some RPG elements, much like games from the Castlevania or Metroid series. It's super fast-paced, challenging, and full of secrets!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aggelos — Steam game cover

    Aggelos

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    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!

    2018ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cave Story+ — Steam game cover

    Cave Story+

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

    2011ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Odallus: The Dark Call — Steam game cover

    Odallus: The Dark Call

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.

    2015ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alwa's Legacy — Steam game cover

    Alwa's Legacy

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spaceport Hope — Steam game cover

    Spaceport Hope

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    A huge hand-crafted world packed with 13 unique bosses, a gripping story, and tons of enemies, Spaceport Hope is the ultimate test of gaming prowess.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Battle Princess Madelyn — Steam game cover

    Battle Princess Madelyn

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    Battle Princess Madelyn is a game that follows the journey of a young knight in training, Madelyn, and her ghostly pet dog, Fritzy. Join them as they set out on a journey to save her kingdom and her family from the clutches of an evil wizard!

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon — Steam game cover

    Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.

    2018Action4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Treasure Adventure World — Steam game cover

    Treasure Adventure World

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.

    2018IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Axiom Verge — Steam game cover

    Axiom Verge

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Environmental Station Alpha — Steam game cover

    Environmental Station Alpha

    Single-player alternative to External Visions — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with External Visions.

    Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →