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.
Explore Selene as Elara, team up with Luma, fight alien enemies, unlock weapons and abilities, help NPCs, conquer ancient temples, hunt for treasures and upgrades, race your rover... and uncover secrets way above her pay grade.
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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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Starmadillo
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
As an armadillo space archaeologist, you've crashed onto a mysterious planet. Luckily you're equipped with a Mobile Defense Unit (MDU) that can defend you from danger, but its capabilities were severely reduced by the impact. In true Metroidvania fashion, explore this alien world and find a way home
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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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Impetuous
Single-player alternative to Recompile — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Recompile.
After her home was suddenly erased, Ember the Imp must traverse the corrupted and decaying Painted Realms to uncover the truth. Explore surreal and interconnected worlds, collect upgrades to expand your movement abilities, and fight strange and warped enemies in this Metroidvania 3D Platformer!
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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!