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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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    10 Seconds to Win! — Steam game cover

    10 Seconds to Win!

    Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.

    10 seconds to win! is a platform game where you only have 10 seconds to complete each stage, be agile and skillful to complete all levels.

    2021ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heads Run — Steam game cover

    Heads Run

    Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.

    HeadsRun is a platformer starring a green circular fellow who must make his way through some stages increasingly dangerous environments and monsters as quickly as possible.

    2018ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Runner — Steam game cover

    Dark Runner

    Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.

    Parkour, speedrun and darkness. This combination is quite a challenge. Unique lighting mechanics like you've never seen before are the main reason you'll want this game to never end.

    2021ActionIndieRacing4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DualVerse86 — Steam game cover

    DualVerse86

    Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.

    DualVerse86 is a fast-paced 2D precision platformer where mastering switching between two worlds is the only way to survive deadly traps and race against the clock.

    2026ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cyber Hook — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    BZZZT — Steam game cover

    BZZZT

    Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.

    Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

    2023ActionIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hot Lava — Steam game cover

    Hot Lava

    Single-player alternative to The King's Bird — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The King's Bird.

    The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dustforce DX — Steam game cover

    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.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Meat Boy — Steam game cover

    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)!

    2010Indie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SpeedRunners — Steam game cover

    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.

    2016ActionSportsIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight — Steam game cover

    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.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Journey — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Fancy Pants Adventure — Steam game cover

    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!

    2017ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRIS — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lifeless Planet Premier Edition — Steam game cover

    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...

    2014ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Where the Water Tastes Like Wine — Steam game cover

    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.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Neversong — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lifeless Moon — Steam game cover

    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...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure7.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Half Past Fate — Steam game cover

    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.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Land of Screens — Steam game cover

    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.

    2022IndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pixel Galaxy — Steam game cover

    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.

    2015ActionIndie1.01 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Return to Ash — Steam game cover

    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.”

    2025Adventure4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →