Single-player games like Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too, 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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Teleportals. I swear it's a nice game
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
I swear it's a nice puzzle game.
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The Vagrant
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Guide Vivian the Vagrant, through vibrant and dynamic landscapes while hacking and slashing a path from a quiet coastal village through mysterious forests, haunted castles, and wrecked battlegrounds. When the endless barrage of enemies have been vanquished, what solace will be left for our hero?
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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Timespinner
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
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ITORAH
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
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Smelter
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor, Smelter. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam.
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Iconoclasts
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.
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Viola: The Heroine's Melody
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Viola: The Heroine's Melody is the musical Platformer/RPG! After failing at violin practice for the hundredth time, Viola becomes trapped inside her instrument's fantastical world. Join her adventure to find her way back home, aided by the diverse ensemble of friends she meets along the way.
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Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
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Metroidvania Maker
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Create, play, and share custom Metroidvania worlds with a built-in world editor, co-op play, and player-made adventures.
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Arcana: Heat and Cold. Season 1
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
The misfortunes of the unskilled magician who just wanted to make some money and not get into any troubles.
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I (DON'T) HATE HENTAI PUZZLES
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Post-modern hentai-puzzle detective.
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Arcana: Heat and Cold. Season 2
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
New adventures of the unskilled magician, his friends and Miley. Fun events, hentai scenes and unique turn-based combat await you.
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Yissa Deep Realms
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
Hardcore action platformer with multiple endings that depend on your choices.
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Geometry May. I swear it's a nice free game
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
I swear it's a nice runner game
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Spirits of The Silicium Forest
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
SotSF is a turn-based rogue-like game with deck-building elements, in the aesthetics of Mesoamerica and transhumanism. Position yourself on the battlefield, build and utilize various combinations of abilities to defeat the mysterious spirits of the Silicium Forest. Has “Story” and “Roguelite” modes.
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Arcana: Heat and Cold. Stories
Single-player alternative to Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Maytroid. I swear it's a nice game too.
The events surrounding the unskilled magician are heating up! Could an unusual way of curing the Arcane Fever have caused such a stir?! Or have we accidentally become involved in a story whose scale we cannot yet comprehend!? Comedy, hentai scenes, and new hilarious adventures await you.