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Single-player games like Ether Loop

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Ether Loop, 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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    Witchinour — Steam game cover

    Witchinour

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

    Witchinour is a roguelite twin stick shooter focused on fast, 60fps action and constantly increasing difficulty. You play as an explorer who comes across a dungeon that an apprentice witch named Nour found herself lost in years ago on a full moon...

    2017ActionIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Souls — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Souls

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

    Dungeon Souls is an action-adventure roguelike dungeon crawler which draws heavy inspiration from Nuclear Throne, Risk of Rain, and Overture. Explore vast procedurally generated dungeons, collect loot, and slay hordes of challenging enemies!

    2016ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rush Rover — Steam game cover

    Rush Rover

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

    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.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peace Data — Steam game cover

    Peace Data

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

    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.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blacksea Odyssey — Steam game cover

    Blacksea Odyssey

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

    Enter the Blacksea Odyssey, a violent top-down rogue-lite space shoot ‘em up RPG brimming with colossal creatures and runic technologies. Explore dangerous, interstellar spacescapes as you hunt enormous space-behemoths with a harpoon and rune-infused spears.

    2016ActionIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bugs Must Die / 异星特勤队 — Steam game cover

    Bugs Must Die / 异星特勤队

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

    A retro arcade style Top down shooting game. Shooting them with a machine gun, blasting them with missiles, dashing them with a vehicle, whipping them with an energy chain, or burning them with a napalm...No matter how you get it done, “ALIEN BUGS MUST DIE!”

    2019ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heavy Bullets — Steam game cover

    Heavy Bullets

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

    Heavy Bullets is a randomized FPS dungeon crawler where players make their way through a colorful maze, while protecting themselves from aggressive creatures and malfunctioning security devices. The goal lies at the end of the 8th level, where they must reset the security mainframe to restore order and reap the rewards.

    2014ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Doomed to Hell — Steam game cover

    Doomed to Hell

    Single-player alternative to Ether Loop — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Ether Loop.

    Doomed to Hell is a roguelike-like top-down shooter where you play as Rose, a human in hell who will need to fight all of its monsters in waves of enemies, defeat bosses, and get new weapons to earn back his life on earth.

    2022ActionAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Path of Exile — Steam game cover

    Path of Exile

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

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Binding of Isaac — Steam game cover

    The Binding of Isaac

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

    Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Risk of Rain (2013) — Steam game cover

    Risk of Rain (2013)

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

    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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    Risk of Rain 2 — Steam game cover

    Risk of Rain 2

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

    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 →