Single-player games like Exit the Gungeon
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Exit the Gungeon, 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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Enter the Gungeon
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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.
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Hell is Other Demons
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
Hell is Other Demons is an action-platform shooter, with Roguelite elements. Explore a sprawling, hand-crafted world full of demons, insanely over-the-top boss fights, and a heavy synthwave soundtrack.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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?
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Mega City Force
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
Retrowave Action Roguelike featuring tough agents battling crime to the electrifying music of artists like Droid Bishop, Timecop1983, and more! Choose your agent and dive into hardcore action against enemies and bosses, utilizing a vast arsenal and special abilities that will define your playstyle
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Neon Abyss
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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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Dungreed
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
Dungreed is a 2D side-scrolling action game with 2D Rogue-LITE elements. You become an adventurer exploring a continuously evolving dungeon to prevent the town from being destroyed. Eliminate enemies, use a variety of weapons and magic, eat food, and defeat evil in the dungeon!
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Heavy Bullets
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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.
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I Hate Running Backwards
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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!
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GoNNER
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
GoNNER is a tough as hell procedurally-generated 2D platformer with roguelike elements, following the largely misunderstood and altruistic Ikk on a journey to cheer up his only friend in this world - a giant landbound whale named Sally - by searching for just the right trinket in the deep and dark places nearby.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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ScourgeBringer
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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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Flinthook
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
Live the life of space captain Flinthook! Armed with your mighty hookshot, your uncanny slow-motion powers and your trusty blasma pistol, plunder and fight your way through an infinite variety of randomly-assembled spaceships for treasure, loot and fame!
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Hollow Knight
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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.
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30XX
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
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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Fork Parker's Holiday Profit Hike
Single-player alternative to Exit the Gungeon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Exit the Gungeon.
Against explosive firepower, bitter cold, and dizzying heights, Fork Parker must outwit a group of no-talent game developers in a deadly holiday promotional game. Also, it's free.