Single-player games like Otter Space Rescue
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Otter Space 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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EON Trooper
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space Rescue.
Lead an elite squad on a hostile alien planet! Recruit and command up to 4 NPC soldiers with unique powers to complete missions and overcome waves of enemies. Level up and dominate the battlefield with strategy and teamwork. Get ready for action!
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Peace Data
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space Rescue.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
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Move Dodge and Kill
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space Rescue.
Dodge the enemies shot and kill them with different weapons. Move, Dodge and Kill is a rogue-lite dungeon crawler in a neon environment.
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Asteroids... But Roguelite
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space Rescue.
Start off as a weak ship with a simple attack and fight through waves of enemies, earning currency in order to purchase upgrades for your ship. The never ending waves of enemies grow in number, power, and variety as you progress. Purchase upgrades to keep pace with them.
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Monsters 'til Midnight
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space Rescue.
Use steampunk weaponry to vanquish the legions of evil and survive until the clock strikes midnight! In this fast-paced horde survival game, each powerful upgrade can help turn the tide. Go it alone, or join another player in your pursuit to outlast the inevitable march of time itself!
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Earl vs. the Mutants
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Otter Space Rescue.
Save humanity in a mutant-ridden apocalypse! Dive headfirst into Earl vs. the Mutants, a high-octane top-down survival action-roguelite set in the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse.
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REPLIKATOR
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space 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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Rush Rover
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space 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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Super Hipster Lumberjack
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Otter Space Rescue.
You can't beat this game!!! Noah attempts to make a game for the first time. He then gets trapped in his own creation.
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Apastron
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Otter Space Rescue.
The multiverse is in danger! Defend the world of Coelho #6, in this retro styled open world FPS.
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Entodrive
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Otter Space Rescue.
Monster Taming RPG about collecting magical computer bugs while exploring Cache Isle!
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Vacancy Unlimited
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Otter Space Rescue.
The dead fill the streets you grew up on. It's time to leave home in search for your father. Uncover the magical secrets of your family's past that will shape the apocalypse as you know it.
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Spryward
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Otter Space Rescue.
2.5D comic book goodness wrapped into an ongoing superhero game! This double feature includes issues 1-4 of the sidescroller Spryward and Issue 1 of the open world Spryward & Slushy. Features hand drawn characters set in the Apastron shared universe.
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American Eristics
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Otter Space Rescue.
Would you believe one of your friends is a killer? Return home in this 2.5D horror story.
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Red Silhouette
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Otter Space Rescue.
2.5D survival horror game, where Eevi works security at the abandoned Silver Leaf Mall known to contain doors to many dead dreams.
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Oakley the Leafbug
Single-player alternative to Otter Space Rescue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Otter Space Rescue.
Your best friend is going to make a horrible mistake that brings on the end of the world. Race across the Earth in this 2.5D platformer to find her, before it's too late!