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Single-player games like Danger Scavenger

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Danger Scavenger, 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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    Scrappage — Steam game cover

    Scrappage

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    In this unforgiving rogue-lite twin stick shooter, death awaits you behind every corner. Fight your way through hordes of monsters, eliminate bosses and loot their valuable items and body parts. With them you can enhance your own body, unlock powerful skills and create your own unique builds.

    2023ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monsters 'til Midnight — Steam game cover

    Monsters 'til Midnight

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    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!

    2023ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Zirion — Steam game cover

    Red Zirion

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieCasual1.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Uber Destruction — Steam game cover

    Uber Destruction

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    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!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shwip — Steam game cover

    Shwip

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    Dominate global leaderboards as you face an unrelenting geometric force. Shwip blends twin-stick arcade action with tight controls, jaw-dropping pixel destruction, and devastating weapons and abilities. Evade, outlast, and play with style in four game modes, both solo and local multiplayer.

    2021ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Neon Chrome — Steam game cover

    Neon Chrome

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    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?

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destropolis — Steam game cover

    Destropolis

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    Destropolis is a top-down shooter game with a fully destructible environment, hundreds of enemies and nuclear explosions. Fight a countless swarm of enemies. Tear them to pieces with bullets, lasers and explosions. Destroy as many of them as you can before they overwhelm you...

    2020ActionIndieRPG5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Star Rescue — Steam game cover

    Rogue Star Rescue

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nuclear Throne — Steam game cover

    Nuclear Throne

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    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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    Risk of Rain (2013) — Steam game cover

    Risk of Rain (2013)

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

    2013ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Enter the Gungeon — Steam game cover

    Enter the Gungeon

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    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.

    2016ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Risk of Rain 2 — Steam game cover

    Risk of Rain 2

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

    2020ActionIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    UnderMine — Steam game cover

    UnderMine

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hades — Steam game cover

    Hades

    Single-player alternative to Danger Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Danger Scavenger.

    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.

    2020ActionIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →