Single-player games like The King's Bird
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to The King's Bird, 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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Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.
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Impulsion
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Impulsion is a fast-paced first-person platformer designed to play with your nerves and reflexes! Make your way through 25 levels of increasing difficulty by manipulating physics to your advantage, shooting force fields to slow down or speed yourself up and the environment!
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Cloudbuilt
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Rocket parkour your way through dizzying obstacles and lethal robot hazards, in this 3rd person action platformer with over 40 levels, and even more community levels.
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Dustforce DX
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.
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Cyber Hook
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Speed through a gorgeous retrowave world using parkour skills and a grappling hook to scale and ride walls in this fast-paced, 3D platformer. Blast enemies, manipulate time and abuse physics to avoid falling to your death.
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Remnants of Naezith
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
With the powers granted to him by the dragon, Kayra will destroy the Remnants of Naezith, enchanted fragments of the dragon's body, to prevent anyone from exploiting their power for evil. Rush and swing through levels to top the leaderboards in this fast-paced, grappling hook precision platformer.
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DeadCore
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
DeadCore is a Platformer-FPS blending exploration and speedrun. Become immersed in a futuristic and dreamlike adventure which will see you climb a huge Tower born from the void and truly put your capabilities to the test. Will you be able to reveal the secrets that lie beneath this fog-ridden world?
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Pseudoregalia
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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SpeedRunners
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
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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Journey
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Explore the ancient, mysterious world of Journey as you soar above ruins and glide across sands to discover its secrets.
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Super Fancy Pants Adventure
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Super Fancy Pants Adventure is a wild free-running adventure with buttery smooth platforming and a slick fountain pen!
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GRIS
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
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Lifeless Planet Premier Edition
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
PREMIER EDITION - While seeking life on a distant planet, an astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian town. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon...
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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.
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Neversong
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
Help little Peet hack-and-slash his way through a beautifully haunting coma. A hand-drawn action-adventure through a dreamy world filled with fleshy monsters, insane grown-ups, and sad children looking for their mommies.
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Lifeless Moon
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...
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Half Past Fate
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
Love is in the air, but work, life, and spicy Ramen keep getting in the way! From 8 hours to 8 years, this time-jumping saga will change the way you feel about fate forever.
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Land of Screens
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The King's Bird.
When Holland’s social media is lit ablaze by a recent breakup, she embarks on a new mission to ditch the social media saturation and discover some real-world relationships among a Land of Screens.
- 21
Pixel Galaxy
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.
A non-shooting shoot 'em up where you must grow, make friends, and survive together.
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Return to Ash
Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
“The hospital was empty. Quiet, and brighter than usual... like waking up on a snow day. But I didn't feel cold. I didn't feel much of anything.”