Single-player games like Rogue Star Rescue
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Rogue Star Rescue, 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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Uber Destruction
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Uber Destruction is a side-scrolling roguelike top-down shooter. loot chests, gather insane weapons and unique upgrades to battle the relentless hoards of foes. You can also embrace the action online with friends, or in local co-op mode. Destroy your way to victory!
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Red Zirion
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Red Zirion is a retro shooting game with upgradeable attributes in the roguelike style. Game inspired by groups of heroes and animated series from the 80s.
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Blazing Beaks
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Roguelite - where too much greediness can be fatal. A colorful world with armed birds blazing their way through piles of mutants, monsters and creepy creatures. Lots of mysteries to unravel, secrets to discover and levels to explore.
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Voidigo
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
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Danger Scavenger
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
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Woodpunk
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Woodpunk is an exhilarating roguelike bullet hell retro pixel art shooter in a medieval Woodpunk universe, where the primary energy resource is WOOD.
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Burning Knight
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!
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Greedland
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
"Greedland” is a roguelike game mixed with survivor-like elements. It's reminiscent of Crimsonland and Vampire Survivors, and as the battle progresses your character will become a mobile arsenal of destruction!
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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DuckTales: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Rogue Star Rescue.
DuckTales: Remastered is a beautiful hand-crafted reimagining of one of the most cherished 8-bit titles of all time. Go back to one of the golden ages of gaming, now refined with a level of detail that will please the most hardened devoted Disney or retro Capcom fan alike.
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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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Forest Fire
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Rogue Star Rescue.
Be the Forest Fire and burn everything in sight! A Rogue-lite destruction-fest where every pixel is physically simulated. Burn trees, buildings, vehicles, and tiny screaming humans. Dodge bullet-hell rain clouds and pissed-off firefighters to stay alive... Only YOU can start Forest Fires.
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Sandbox Skyline
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Build impressive skyscrapers pixel-by-pixel, and protect them from the harsh realities of nature. Each pixel is physically simulated to interact with earthquakes, firestorms, blizzards, and tsunamis. Protect your skyline and expand your territory in this relaxing (yet challenging) sandbox builder.
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Infest
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Infest is a roguelike deckbuilder where every pixel on the battlefield can burn, freeze, corrode, shock, and melt. Carefully craft your deck and deploy cards to alter the environment, buff your stats, and unleash stunning pixel-by-pixel damage upon your enemies!
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Extraktion 1943
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Extraktion 1943 is a roguelite extraction shooter set in Nazi Germany. Survive as a stranded Allied soldier behind enemy lines. Take on the Nazis solo or online with friends, sabotage enemy production, assassinate high-ranking officers, and build your hideout and resistance network. DEATH TO HITLER!
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Repterra
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.
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Comrade, Secrets Escape!
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Comrade, thousands of bio-experiments are escaping. Line escape routes with guns, blast holes through the horde, and unlock absurd Soviet weapons in this incremental tower defence. Excessive force is authorized.