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Single-player games like Dream Flash

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dream Flash, 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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    The Void Rains Upon Her Heart — Steam game cover

    The Void Rains Upon Her Heart

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Early Access with Dream Flash.

    Help her heart battle tough bosses in this Boss Rush, Bullet-hell with rogue-like elements. Fight through several randomly chosen boss battles leading up to a final battle. Each defeated monster will give her random gifts that power up her heart. Don't let her heart break!

    2018ActionIndieEarly Access12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lost Potato — Steam game cover

    Lost Potato

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    Lost Potato is a minimalistic top-down roguelite where you can't damage enemies directly. Push them into spikes, reflect bullets and help a young potato find its way out of a jungle filled with man-eating tribes!

    2020ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nuclear Throne — Steam game cover

    Nuclear Throne

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    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?

    2015ActionIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiny Rogues — Steam game cover

    Tiny Rogues

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    Tiny Rogues is a challenging fantasy rogue-lite bullet-hell dungeon crawler with rpg elements. Build a new unique character each run and fight one monster-infested room after another! Discover unique weapons, collect magical items and level up to become more and more powerful!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Teleglitch: Die More Edition — Steam game cover

    Teleglitch: Die More Edition

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.

    2013ActionIndie3.24 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sharded World — Steam game cover

    Sharded World

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ATOMINE — Steam game cover

    ATOMINE

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.

    2017ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    I Hate Running Backwards — Steam game cover

    I Hate Running Backwards

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    I Hate Running Backwards is a never-ending adrenaline packed shoot'em down roguelite that puts the emphasis on destruction and fighting never ending waves of enemies while time traveling through procedurally generated worlds!

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Binding of Isaac — Steam game cover

    The Binding of Isaac

    Single-player alternative to Dream Flash — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dream Flash.

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →