Single-player games like Samurai Wish
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Samurai Wish, 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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APE OUT
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
APE OUT is a wildly intense and colorfully stylized smash ‘em up about primal escape, rhythmic violence, and frenetic jazz.
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One Finger Death Punch 2
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!
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Bloodroots
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
One-hit kill die-retry murderballet. Left for dead by a colorful band of bandits: you will chain killing sprees to exact revenge on the treacherous Mr. Black Wolf. Improvise your kills with utterly everything you can get your hands on: from carrots to plasma guns.
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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Samurai Wish.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
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Anger Foot
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
Anger Foot is a lightning fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass kicking feet are the ass kicking beats.
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Super House of Dead Ninjas
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
Super House of Dead Ninjas is an action arcade game with roguelite elements. Race against a 30 second timer as you descend floor after foe-filled floor and attempt to unlock the secrets of this deadly tower!Play as the fearsome Crimson Ninja, wielding an arsenal of deadly ninja weapons and attacks.
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Super Hexagon
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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Boomerang X
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
Harness the power of a mystical boomerang to fling yourself through the air in this acrobatic arena shooter. Slice, fly, and blast through swarms of evil creatures on an abandoned island with a cryptic past. Stay agile or meet your doom.
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Space Waver
Single-player alternative to Samurai Wish — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Samurai Wish.
Space Waver is an action-adventure-shooter space game, with a strong bind to comics. Become a space mercenary and experience his life through multiple contracts.