Single-player games like Rogue Star Rescue
Below are 19 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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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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Hostile Lands
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rogue Star Rescue.
Hostile Lands is a 2D top-down, roguelite shooter where a crash landing is mistaken for an act of war. LOOT tons of unique guns. ENHANCE your skills. RESCUE surviving crew members and ESCAPE...if you can.
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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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Devader
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Devader is an intense 90's-style twin-stick shooter, complete with crazy old-school bosses, powerful strategic abilities and multiple endings. Upgrade your robot with nukes, shields, turrets and more to exterminate the relentless invaders.
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Shape Shifter: Formations
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Rogue Star Rescue.
Shape Shifter: Formations is an action twin-stick shooter with rogue-lite elements, where you must destroy hordes of geometric enemies alone or with a friend. Select your ship and combine a large variety of weapons, abilities and infinitely stacking upgrades to craft your own unique build.
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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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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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Mega Prison
Single-player alternative to Rogue Star Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Star Rescue.
Mega Prison is a prison defense and riot-control strategy game. Deploy guards, dogs, water cannons, barriers, and riot vehicles to contain thousands of inmates as unrest escalates. Manage resources, hold the line, and KEEP THEM IN... at any cost!