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Single-player games like Unbound: Worlds Apart

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Unbound: Worlds Apart, 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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    Laika: Aged Through Blood — Steam game cover

    Laika: Aged Through Blood

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Laika: Aged Through Blood is an action-adventure Metroidvania set in a post-apocalyptic western world. Play as Laika, a coyote mother and fierce warrior, and carve your motorbike through a land ravaged by betrayal and loss as you uncover dark secrets in the pursuit of vengeance against oppression.

    2023ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Aeterna Noctis — Steam game cover

    Aeterna Noctis

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GRIME — Steam game cover

    GRIME

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.

    2021ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hollow Knight — Steam game cover

    Hollow Knight

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    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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    Crypt Custodian — Steam game cover

    Crypt Custodian

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Crypt Custodian is a charming metroidvania about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape.

    2024Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure — Steam game cover

    8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    8Doors is a story-driven Metroidvania-style action platformer heavily influenced by Korean folktales. Play as ‘Arum’, a brave girl that has entered the realm of the afterlife in search of her father’s soul and guide her through the '8 Doors of Purgatory' to solve the mysteries that lie deep within.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pronty — Steam game cover

    Pronty

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Guide Pronty and its Javelin partner Bront as it defends the once great city of Royla. Explore the deep sea, fight mutant sea creatures, and discover the secrets behind this new Atlantis in this beautiful action-packed adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Death's Gambit: Afterlife — Steam game cover

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Death's Gambit: Afterlife is a challenging 2D action platformer with deep RPG elements. As an agent of Death bound to his service, unravel the mystery of Siradon and discover the true price of immortality.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ori and the Blind Forest — Steam game cover

    Ori and the Blind Forest

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

    2015ActionDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    “Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

    2016Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Celeste — Steam game cover

    Celeste

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vivi and the Magical Island — Steam game cover

    Vivi and the Magical Island

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Battle through action-packed stages as brave Vivi and stealthy Alps in this side-scrolling adventure!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Polandball: Can into Space! — Steam game cover

    Polandball: Can into Space!

    Single-player alternative to Unbound: Worlds Apart — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Unbound: Worlds Apart.

    Crazy fun rocket simulator game with countryballs theme. Can Polandball into Space? Try to find out!

    2016IndieRPGCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →