Single-player games like SYNTHETIK 2
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to SYNTHETIK 2, 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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SYNTHETIK: Legion Rising
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
SYNTHETIK is an unforgiving tactical shooter rogue-lite where freedom and experimentation is key. Fight in a world overrun by the Machine Legion and their Gods. Experience the next level in gun-play and dive into unparalleled build options and Android upgrades. Can you defeat the Heart of Armageddon?
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
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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SYNTHETIK: Arena
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
Face the varied challenges of the Machine God Zir in ARENA, a standalone expansion for Synthetik: Legion Rising! Leverage the next level in gun-play and experiment with powerful tech in varied action packed Arenas!
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
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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Teleglitch: Die More Edition
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
In a cold, dark future dominated by mega-corporations, a small lonely planet on the edge of habitable space is the site of a shadowy research facility specializing in necrotic tissue reactivation. You are a scientist who has suddenly awoken to the realization that you are the lone survivor.
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Section 13
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.
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Neon Chrome
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
A masterful combination of top-down shooter and endless replayability with procedural levels. Blast your way through walls & enemies with guns and cybernetic abilities. Install perks from cyber chambers and upgrade your character stats after each death. Can you stop the Overseer?
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Hell is Others
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
Hell is Others is an extraction top-down shooter combining roguelike elements. Outside the safety of your apartment lies the noir hellscape that is Century City. A city of endless night that straddles the line between reality and insanity. Explore, hunt, and loot in a place where blood is currency.
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OTXO
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with SYNTHETIK 2.
Enter an inexplicable, abstract mansion to rescue a loved one in this fast-paced, brutal, and dark roguelite filled with precise but savage gunplay and time-bending slow motion. Face your inner demons and unveil the secrets of the Mansion.
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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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RUINER
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
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Roboquest
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
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.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
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ZERO Sievert
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to SYNTHETIK 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with SYNTHETIK 2.
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.