Single-player games like The Messenger
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Messenger, 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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Cyber Shadow
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
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NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
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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Katana ZERO
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.
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Rusted Moss
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
Rusted Moss is a twin-stick shooter metroidvania where you sling around the map with your grapple, blasting your way through witches and rusted machine monstrosities alike. This wasteland once harboring mankind has since fallen, and Fae long forgotten now knock on humanity's door...
- 5
La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
The long-awaited sequel to La-Mulana, La-Mulana 2 follows Lumisa Kosugi as she explores the ancient ruins of La-Mulana. Desperate to find the cause of the recent slew of monsters appearing from the ruins, Lumisa discovers the "other" La-Mulana: the ruins known as Eg-Lana.
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Horace
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
"The best platformer of 2019."Horace is a huge platforming adventure which pushes the boundaries of the genre with a profound story of a small robot learning of life, the universe and Douglas Adams. Made by videogame lovers for videogame lovers!
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
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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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.
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California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis)
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ask anyone who considered themselves a true gamer in 1987 and the chances are they will fondly remember California Games. Now on Steam for the very first time, you too can enjoy six radical and awesome events: the half-pipe, roller skating, surfing, BMX, footbag and the flying disc.
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SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Messenger.
SEGA’s collection of Mega Drive & Genesis Classics comes to a new generation, now updated with even more features: online multiplayer, achievements, mirror mode, rewind, save states, VR and more! Over 50 classic games in one great package. Get into the classics!
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Undertale
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Messenger.
UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.
- 14
Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Messenger.
Using Unreal Engine 5 to significantly enhance graphic expression, this is the definitive version of "NINJA GAIDEN 2," featuring additional playable characters and enhanced battle support functions.
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Nine Sols
Single-player alternative to The Messenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Messenger.
Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.