Single-player games like The Elementalist
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Elementalist, 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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Reverie: Sweet As Edition
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
DESTINY CALLS THE LEAST LIKELY OF HEROES. Reverie is an action adventure game set on a fictional island in New Zealand, inspired by the legend of Maui and the Giant Fish where the demigod himself fishes up the North Island with a powerful fishhook.
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World to the West
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
World to the West is a standalone followup of Teslagrad, the indie hit that sold more than 1.6 million copies worldwide. A vast world of blue skies and dark caves awaits you in this 3D action adventure, as you try to unveil the mysteries of an ancient prophecy.
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The Puppeteer
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
Punishing pixel-art platformer about puppetry and potions!
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BitHero Survivors
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
A fast-paced survivor-like bullet heaven where you unleash evolving weapons to wipe out massive hordes. Pick your hero, wield evolving weapons, harness powerful relics. Explore colorful stages, survive relentless enemy waves — and become a true hero!
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Stray Children
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
“The Olders, they come to eat the Children…” All of the adults have become monsters, the rumors say. Nowhere is safe outside these walls. Welcome to Stray Children — a bittersweet, fairy tale RPG.
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UnMetal
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
UnMetal is a 2D stealth action-adventure that pays homage to the classics with a healthy dose of humor and satire. You play as Jesse Fox, who is definitely NOT an elite commando, under arrest for a crime he didn't commit, and must escape a covert military base using his wits and fists.
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#BLUD
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
Save your friends, fight off the vampire apocalypse, and survive the horrors of freshman field hockey practice in #BLUD, a delightfully zany animated dungeon crawler that blurs the line between action RPGs and hyperkinetic 90s cartoons.
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No Place for Bravery
Single-player alternative to The Elementalist — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Elementalist.
Thorn, an old warrior worn down by decades of vim and violence, roams a world undone in search of his lost daughter. Dodge, parry & cleave your way out of brutal clashes in this 2D top-down action RPG, and discover the bone-chilling tale of Thorn's crusade to make his family whole again.