Single-player games like Metal Unit
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Metal Unit, 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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Rogue Legacy
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Rogue Legacy is a genealogical rogue-"LITE" where anyone can be a hero. Each time you die, your child will succeed you. Every child is unique. One child might be colorblind, another might be a dwarf with vertigo. But that's OK, because no one is perfect, and you don't have to be to succeed.
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Dark Devotion
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Explore the secrets of a mysterious fallen temple and put your Templar faith to the test in Dark Devotion, where no sacrifice is too great in praise of your God.
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ScourgeBringer
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.
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Tower Hunter: Erza's Trial
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Tower Hunter: Erza’s Trial contains core elements of roguelite games, presented in a toon render style. The player explores a mysterious tower with Erza, vanquishes mutant monsters and defeats bosses to acquire a Hunter’s License and become the most powerful Battle Maiden.
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Skul: The Hero Slayer
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Guide 'Skul' on his quest to single-handedly take on the Imperial Army and rescue his King from captivity, in an action-packed rogue-lite 2D platformer for the ages.
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
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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30XX
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Jump, shoot, and slash your way through 30XX, the roguelike action platformer you can play with a friend! Explore lush, ever-changing worlds that mix precise platforming with fevered combat. Destroy fearsome Guardians. Master unique Powers. Rediscover the thousand years we've lost.
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Trinity Fusion
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Three fractured realities. One collapsing multiverse. Fast, fluid combat in a dark sci-fi Roguevania where each run begins in a separate universe — then lets you fuse your parallel selves, powers, and worlds to create brutal, ever-evolving builds.
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Neon Abyss
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.
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Stellar Blade™
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Metal Unit.
Save humanity from extinction in post-apocalyptic action-adventure Stellar Blade™. Experience blistering combat and a twisting storyline as you unravel the mysteries of Earth’s downfall.
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NieR:Automata™
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Metal Unit.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
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Dust: An Elysian Tail
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
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DeckLand
Single-player alternative to Metal Unit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Metal Unit.
DeckLand is a rogue-lite mixing traditional Eastern elements into the deck-building genre. You are a monk returning to the kingdom of morning calm. Use various cards and tools to break through obstacles, defeat strong enemies, and approach the source of the catastrophe plaguing the kingdom!