Single-player games like Element X
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Element X, 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: Genesia
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
Walk upon a new world and slay foes endangering it. Rogue : Genesia is an action rogue-lite game, where you fight relentless hordes consisting of hundreds and thousands of monsters, make your build, break the balance, defeat bosses and save one of the many worlds.
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Kill to Collect
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
Welcome to the last city on Earth. Earn your keep and die trying in Pieces Interactive’s cyberpunk action rogue-like, featuring 1-4 player co-op. Travel down the sleepless cesspool of murderous vagrants and cybernetic freaks, as you slice and dice your way to the lower levels of Geoshelter Alpha.
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RAM: Random Access Mayhem
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.
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Doomsday Hunters
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
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Noobs Want to Live
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
Noobs Want to Live is a fast-paced roguelike featuring several characters and a large pool of skills to choose from (that synergize with one another, too!) Fight, kill, grow. Each run is a new chance to create a steamrolling build!
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Dungeon Souls
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
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!
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30XX
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
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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Heat Signature
Single-player alternative to Element X — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Element X.
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.