Single-player games like How About Spikes
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to How About Spikes, 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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Aeon Drive
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or in up to 4 player co-op, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city - and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
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Cyber Shadow
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
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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Rusted Moss
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
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...
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La-Mulana 2
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
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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OUTBUDDIES DX
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!
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Primal Planet
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
Unveil a heartfelt story of family, dinosaurs, and UFOs! Craft, upgrade, and survive in a realm of primeval predators, savage tribes and... ancient aliens. Rise from a humble cave dweller to the planet’s last hope — alone or in local co-op. Welcome to the dinovania!
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Abathor
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
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The Messenger
Single-player alternative to How About Spikes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with How About Spikes.
As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.