Single-player games like Battle Shapers
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Battle Shapers, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Battle Shapers page.
Ranked picks
- 1

Roboquest
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Roboquest is a fast FPS Roguelite in a scorched futureworld. You're a rebooted Guardian, ready to kick some metal ass! Fight with your buddy or by yourself and annihilate hordes of deadly bots in ever-changing environments.
- 2

Ziggurat 2
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Ziggurat is back, and now it's even better! Use powerful weapons and spells to break through hordes of enemies and explore labyrinthine dungeons in this hectic roguelite FPS, while you improve your skills and discover new equipment.
- 3

Deadzone: Rogue
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.
- 4

MOTHERGUNSHIP
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
MOTHERGUNSHIP is a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns, fight gigantic bosses, and defeat a robotic alien armada that conquered Earth. Face off against overwhelming odds in brutal, non-stop combats where thinking on your feet is the only way to survive.
- 5

Vampire Hunters
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
To hunt vampires, you'll need guns. Lots of guns. Mow down hordes of undead creatures by stacking your guns into absurd, over-the-top builds. Unleash your firepower and survive the mayhem in this Roguelite Survivors FPS.
- 6

Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
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.
- 7

Tower of Guns
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Tower of Guns is a fast paced first-person-shooter for the twitch gamer... with a few randomized elements to keep it fresh with each playthrough. It's a short burst "Lunch Break FPS"... not unlike Binding of Isaac mixed with Doom 2. Tower of Guns was made by a guy named Joe (with his brother Mike composing the music).
- 8

ROBOBEAT
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Keep your trigger finger on the pulse! In rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT, you'll play as Ace - a bounty hunter on a mission to capture robot-gone-rogue Frazzer in his ever-shifting lair. Wall run, slide, and shoot to your own beat using the in-game custom music editor, blasting through Frazzer's armies!
- 9

Titanfall - The Final Hours
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Written over the past four years, journalist Geoff Keighley ("The Final Hours of Portal 2") chronicles the making of TITANFALL from Respawn Entertainment. This longform app features never-before-seen photos, video and concept art from early development versions of the game.
- 10

Slime Rancher
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
- 11

Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
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.
- 12

Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Mega Man X Legacy Collection includes the legendary 16-bit titles and the series’ exciting foray into the 32-bit era: Mega Man X, Mega Man X2, Mega Man X3, and Mega Man X4. Test your skills in the new X Challenge mode, which pits players against two deadly bosses at once.
- 13

DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
- 14

Hades
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
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.
- 15

Gunfire Reborn
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
Gunfire Reborn is a level-based adventure game featuring FPS, Roguelite and RPG. Players can control heroes with various abilities to experience diverse Build gameplay, use various weapons to explore procedurally-generated levels. You can play the game alone, or join 4-player coop.
- 16

ULTRAKILL
Single-player alternative to Battle Shapers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Battle Shapers.
ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.