Single-player games like Rogue Star Rescue
Below are 16 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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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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REPLIKATOR
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
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CRYPTARK
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.
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Rush Rover
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Rush Rover is a 2D top-down shooter game. Compared to other similar games of the genre, the shooting experience is closer to traditional shoot'em up games. It includes random map generation, unique weapons, lots of different enemies, exciting boss battles and a dynamic chiptune soundtrack.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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Cluckmech Oasis
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
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SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
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Repetendium
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Repetendium is a top-down roguelike-lite shooter. Select from a rowdy group of characters to play as and wield an ever expanding variety of gear and items to conquer the underworld. Death awaits...
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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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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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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.