Single-player games like Recompile
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Recompile, 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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Maseylia : Echoes of the Past
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Recompile.
Explore a fully interconnected 3D world where every new ability dramatically expands your freedom. A true non-linear Metroidvania with breathtaking movement, atmospheric sci-fi beauty, and deep environmental storytelling.
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The Solyani's Code
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
Help Elara tackle headaches that are way above her pay grade. Together with Luma, a mysterious floating companion, scout the moon Selene, face down ancient threats, crack environmental puzzles, and brave temples that no technical manual could have ever prepped her for.
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ReCore: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Recompile.
From creator Keiji Inafune and the makers of Metroid Prime comes the ReCore: Definitive Edition, an action-adventure crafted for a new generation. As one of the last humans, forge friendships with robotic companions and lead them on an epic adventure through a dynamic world.
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Timothy vs the Aliens
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
An open-world game that combines platforms, puzzles and a lot of action in a large city that can be freely explored and is full of characters, stories and adventures.
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Liminal City: Axiom of Maria - Chapter One
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
Liminal City: Axiom of Maria is a 3D Metroidvania set in Seoul — a ghost city run by AI after humanity's population collapse. Explore a twisted Seoul and discover new abilities.
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Fe
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Recompile.
Run, climb and glide your way through a dark Nordic forest and explore its living, breathing ecosystem filled with secrets and mystical creatures. Become Fe and discover a world that you will never want to leave.
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Virballs
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
Six outlandish planets are overrun with Virballs - viral elemental creatures that consume each other to create exotic hybrids. Clean up this ecological disaster using Virball hybrids as devastating weapons!
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Zombie Shooting Star: ARCADE
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
You become a beautiful combatant Rudy. On the planet XX full of mutants and zombies. Defeat zombies and mutants, find and destroy Mutant Core before it regains power!
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TinyKeep
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
TinyKeep, a top-down procedurally generated dungeon escape game with permadeath - you die and it's game over. Master the frantic physics-based combat, lure enemies into traps or make them fight each other for dominance. There are many ways to survive in TinyKeep!